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" The denial of death / "
Ernest Becker.
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BL
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713795
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b535984
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| Main Entry
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Becker, Ernest.
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The denial of death /\ Ernest Becker.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Free Press,, [1973]
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xiv, 314 pages ;; 22 cm
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0029021502
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: 0029023106
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: 0029023807
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: 9780029021507
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: 9780029023105
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: 9780029023808
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| Notes
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Companion vol.: Escape from evil.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction: human nature and the heroic -- 2. The terror of death -- 3. The recasting of some basic psychoanalytic ideas -- 4. Human character as a vital lie -- 5. The psychoanalyst Kierkegaard -- 6. The problem of Freud's character, Noch Einmal -- 7. The spell cast by persons- the nexus of unfreedom -- 8. Otto Rank and the closure of psychoanalysis on Kierkegaard -- 9. The present outcome of psychoanalysis -- 10. A general view of mental illness -- 11. Psychology and religion: what is the heroic individual?
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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.
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Kierkegaard, Sren,1813-1855.
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Death-- Psychological aspects.
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Death.
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Heroes-- Psychology.
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Myth-- Psychology.
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Attitude to Death.
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Courage.
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Mort.
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| Dewey Classification
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128/.5
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BD444.B36
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BF789 .D4 B395 1973
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BF 789.D4B395d 1973
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