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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... creature : the desire to stand out , to be the one in creation . When you combine natural narcissism with the basic need for self - esteem , you create a creature who has to feel himself an object of primary value : first in the ...
... creature : the desire to stand out , to be the one in creation . When you combine natural narcissism with the basic need for self - esteem , you create a creature who has to feel himself an object of primary value : first in the ...
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... creature and you invite the primeval ocean of creature anxiety to flood over you . But it is more than creature anxiety , it is also man's anxiety , the anxiety that re- sults from the human paradox that man is an animal who is con ...
... creature and you invite the primeval ocean of creature anxiety to flood over you . But it is more than creature anxiety , it is also man's anxiety , the anxiety that re- sults from the human paradox that man is an animal who is con ...
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... creature ; rather , I was thinking more of new birth bringing new adaptations , new creative solutions to our prob- lems , a new openness in dealing with stale perceptions about reality , new forms of art , music , literature ...
... creature ; rather , I was thinking more of new birth bringing new adaptations , new creative solutions to our prob- lems , a new openness in dealing with stale perceptions about reality , new forms of art , music , literature ...
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