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.The book argues that human civilisation is a defence against the knowledge that we are mortal beings. Becker states that humans live in both the physical world and a symbolic world of meaning, which is where our 'immortality project' resides. We create in order to become immortal - to become part of something we believe will last forever. In this way we hope to give our lives meaning.In The Denial of Death, Becker sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates decades after it was written.
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EAN: 9781788164269
UPC: 9781788164269
ISBN: 9781788164269
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Item Length: 19.6 cm
Book Title: The Denial of Death
Item Height: 198mm
Item Width: 129mm
Author: Ernest Becker
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Popular Philosophy, Popular Psychology
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Publication Year: 2020
Item Weight: 237g
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
