Denial of Death

Name: Denial of Death
Price: 7.89 USD
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ISBN: 9780029023808

ISBN-10: 0029023807

ISBN-13: 9780029023808

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ernest Becker

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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.

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Free Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.27" long
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Foreword


Preface



Introduction: Human Nature and the Heroic



The Depth Psychology of Heroism



The Terror of Death



The Recasting of Some Basic Psychoanalytic Ideas



Human Character as a Vital Lie



The Psychoanalyst Kierkegaard



The Problem of Freud's Character, Noch Einmal



The Failures of Heroism



The Spell Cast by Persons - The Nexus of Unfreedom



Otto Rank and the Closure of Psychoanalysis on Kierkegaard



The Present Outcome of Psychoanalysis



A General View of Mental Illness



Retrospect and Conclusion: The Dilemmas of Heroism



Psychology and Religion: What Is the Heroic Individual?


References


Index