The Denial of Death
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2007
336 pages
978-1-4165-9034-7 (ISBN)
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.
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After receiving a PhD in cultural anthropology from Syracuse University, Dr. Ernest Becker (1924-1974) taught at the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State College, and Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is survived by his wife, Marie, and a foundation that bears his name-The Ernest Becker Foundation.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter One: Introduction: Human Nature and the Heroic
- Part I: The Depth Psychology of Heroism
- Chapter Two: The Terror of Death
- Chapter Three: The Recasting of Some Basic Psychoanalytic Ideas
- Chapter Four: Human Character as a Vital Lie
- Chapter Five: The Psychoanalyst Kierkegaard
- Chapter Six: The Problem of Freud's Character, Noch Einmal
- Part II: The Failures of Heroism
- Chapter Seven: The Spell Cast by Persons-The Nexus of Unfreedom
- Chapter Eight: Otto Rank and the Closure of Psychoanalysis on Kierkegaard
- Chapter Nine: The Present Outcome of Psychoanalysis
- Chapter Ten: A General View of Mental Illness
- Part III: Retrospect and Conclusion: The Dilemmas of Heroism
- Chapter Eleven: Psychology and Religion: What Is the Heroic Individual?
- References
- Index
- Endnotes
- Copyright
