| The Denial of Death Contributor(s): Becker, Ernest (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684832402 ISBN-13: 9780684832401 Publisher: Free Press OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 Annotation: 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 more than twenty years after its writing.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Death & Dying - Psychology |
| Dewey: 128.5 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.65 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
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| Publisher Description: 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 more than twenty years after its writing. |