The denial of death

Author(s)

• Becker, Ernest

Bibliographic Information

The denial of death

Ernest Becker

Free Press, a division of Macmillan, c1985

• : pbk

Note

First published in hardback, 1973

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-304) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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Details

• NCID: BC13809909
• ISBN:
  • 0029023807
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 314 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BD444
  • NLM : BF789.D4 B395d 1973
  • DC : 128/.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Death
  • LCSH : Death -- Psychological aspects
  • LCSH : Myth -- Psychology
  • LCSH : Heroes -- Psychology