Bibliograph

The denial of death, Ernest Becker

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Label

The denial of death, Ernest Becker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The denial of death

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

36965144

Responsibility statement

Ernest Becker

Summary

Addresses the issue of mortality discussing how humans universally share a fear of death and examines the theories of leading thinkers on this subject including Freud, Rank, and Kierkegaard

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Human nature and the heroic -- pt. I. 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 -- pt. II. 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 -- pt. III. Rerospect and conclusion: The dilemmas of heroism -- Psychology and religion: what is the heroic individual?

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