Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
427
Language
English
Published
Dec 31, 1973
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Económica
ISBN-10
968160251X
ISBN-13
9789681602512
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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