Drawing from religion and the human sciences, particularly psychology after Freud, the author attempts to demonstrate that the fear of death is man's central concern

The Denial of Death

Politics & Social Sciences

Becker, Ernest

Philosophy

The Free Press

Revolution in Psychiatry

FREE PRESS @

Uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do.

The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man

Free Press

Angel in Armor. Free Press Paperback Edition, issued 1975. Includes essays on: the pathology of normalcy; the Oedipus complex; the demonic; paranoia; and "What is Basic Human Nature?: Further Notes on the Central Problem of the Science of Man."

Angel in Armor: a Post-Freudian Perspective on the Nature of Man

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Denial of Death, a penetrating and insightful perspective on the source of evil in our world. “A profound, nourishing book…absolutely essential to the understanding of our troubled times.” —Anais Nin “An urgent essay that bears all the marks of a final philosophical raging against the dying of the light.” —Newsweek “Brilliant and challenging…adds another bit of reason to balance destruction…It is, in the best sense of the words, both scientific and philosophical…of the highest importance.” —Los Angeles Times

Escape from Evil

The Birth and Death of Meaning (Pelican)

Penguin Books, Ltd.

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 thirty years after its publication. The Denial of Death was the last book Dr. Becker published before his premature death in 1974. His insightful and powerful ideas are sure to last for generations.

Business & Money

Blackstone Audiobooks

An inqury into the history and contemporary condition of education and a challenging program for the future founded upon a moral view of man and society.

Beyond Alienation: A Philosophy of Education for the Crisis of Democracy

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

George Braziller

The author reviews the history of the science of man in relation to contemporary problems and offers proposals for a true merger of science and philosophy

The Structure of Evil: An Essay on the Unification of the Science of Man

Angel in Armor: A Post-Freudian Perspective on the Nature of Man.

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Books by Becker, Ernest

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The Denial of Death

Revolution in Psychiatry

The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man

Angel in Armor: a Post-Freudian Perspective on the Nature of Man

Escape from Evil

The Birth and Death of Meaning (Pelican)

The Denial of Death

Beyond Alienation: A Philosophy of Education for the Crisis of Democracy

The Structure of Evil: An Essay on the Unification of the Science of Man

Angel in Armor: A Post-Freudian Perspective on the Nature of Man.