The Denial of DeathSimon and Schuster, 1 nov. 2007 - 336 pages Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Denial of Death explores how people and cultures around the world have reacted to the concept of death from celebrated cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life’s work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker’s brilliant and impassioned answer to the “why” of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie—man’s refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates decades after its writing. |
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... thoughts , your intellectual curiosity , and last , but not least , your soul . . . . ” —Elisabeth Kübler - Ross , MD , author of On Death and Dying “ ... balanced , suggestive , original . . . . Gradually and thoughtfully — and with ...
... thoughts , your intellectual curiosity , and last , but not least , your soul . . . . ” —Elisabeth Kübler - Ross , MD , author of On Death and Dying “ ... balanced , suggestive , original . . . . Gradually and thoughtfully — and with ...
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... thoughts one surrounds it with ; how one accepts his death . ” When The Denial of Death arrived at Psychology Today in late 1973 and was placed on my desk for consideration it took me less than an hour to decide that I wanted to ...
... thoughts one surrounds it with ; how one accepts his death . ” When The Denial of Death arrived at Psychology Today in late 1973 and was placed on my desk for consideration it took me less than an hour to decide that I wanted to ...
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... thought in many fields, from the human sciences to religion. I have tried to avoid moving against and negating any point of view, no matter how personally antipathetic to me, if it seems to have in it a core of truthfulness. I have had ...
... thought in many fields, from the human sciences to religion. I have tried to avoid moving against and negating any point of view, no matter how personally antipathetic to me, if it seems to have in it a core of truthfulness. I have had ...
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... thought . This coming - to - grips with Rank's work is long overdue ; and if I have succeeded in it , it probably comprises the main value of the book . Rank is so prominent in these pages that perhaps a few words of in- troduction ...
... thought . This coming - to - grips with Rank's work is long overdue ; and if I have succeeded in it , it probably comprises the main value of the book . Rank is so prominent in these pages that perhaps a few words of in- troduction ...
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... thought: its foundations, many of its basic insights, and its overall implications. This will be the pale Rank, not the staggeringly rich one of his books. Also, Ira Progoff's outline presentation and appraisal of Rank is so correct, so ...
... thought: its foundations, many of its basic insights, and its overall implications. This will be the pale Rank, not the staggeringly rich one of his books. Also, Ira Progoff's outline presentation and appraisal of Rank is so correct, so ...
Table des matières
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Human Character as a Vital Lie | 47 |
THE FAILURES OF HEROISM | 125 |
Otto Rank and the Closure | 159 |
The Present Outcome of Psychoanalysis | 177 |
A General View of Mental Illness | 209 |
RETROSPECT AND CONCLUSION | 253 |
References | 285 |
Index | 307 |
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