The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death is a work of psychology and philosophy written by Ernest Becker and published in 1973.[1] It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1974, two months after the author's death.[2] The book builds largely on the works of Søren Kierkegaard, Sigmund Freud, and one of Freud's colleagues, Otto Rank.
See also
- Flight from Death
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces
- Human condition
- Memento mori
- Otto Rank
- Terror management theory
- Uncanny valley
References
- ^ *Becker, Ernest (1973). The Denial of Death. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-83240-2.
- ^ Pulitzer Prizes website
External links
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