The Denial of DeathFree Press, 8 mai 1997 - 352 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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... basic animal functions . In the head of the adoring male is the illusion that sublime beauty " is all head and wings , with no bottom to betray " it . In one of Swift's poems a young man explains the grotesque contradiction that is ...
... basic animal functions . In the head of the adoring male is the illusion that sublime beauty " is all head and wings , with no bottom to betray " it . In one of Swift's poems a young man explains the grotesque contradiction that is ...
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... basic animal condition , a condition that he cannot- especially as a child - understand and a condition that — as an adult -he cannot accept . The guilt that he feels over bodily processes and urges is " pure " guilt : guilt as ...
... basic animal condition , a condition that he cannot- especially as a child - understand and a condition that — as an adult -he cannot accept . The guilt that he feels over bodily processes and urges is " pure " guilt : guilt as ...
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... basic dishonesty about oneself and one's whole situation . This revelation is what the Freudian revolu- tion in thought really ends up in and is the basic reason that we still strain against Freud . We don't want to admit that we are ...
... basic dishonesty about oneself and one's whole situation . This revelation is what the Freudian revolu- tion in thought really ends up in and is the basic reason that we still strain against Freud . We don't want to admit that we are ...
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