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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... looks life in the face , realizes that everything in it is problematic , and feels him- self lost . And this is the ... look round for something to which to cling , and that tragic , ruthless glance , absolutely sincere , because it is ...
... looks life in the face , realizes that everything in it is problematic , and feels him- self lost . And this is the ... look round for something to which to cling , and that tragic , ruthless glance , absolutely sincere , because it is ...
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... look certain people in the face or how blissful to bask trustingly in the glow of another's power can accuse Freud of psychoanalytic rhetoric . By explaining the precise power that held groups together Freud could also show why groups ...
... look certain people in the face or how blissful to bask trustingly in the glow of another's power can accuse Freud of psychoanalytic rhetoric . By explaining the precise power that held groups together Freud could also show why groups ...
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... Look what Carlyle did to his wife . There is no doubt that creative work is itself done under a compulsion often indistinguishable from a purely clinical obsession . In this sense , what we call a creative gift is merely the social ...
... Look what Carlyle did to his wife . There is no doubt that creative work is itself done under a compulsion often indistinguishable from a purely clinical obsession . In this sense , what we call a creative gift is merely the social ...
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