Denial of Death Existential an illuminating introduction and endnotes

an illuminating introduction and endnotes by the distinguished feminist critic Elaine Showalter

'Mark on the Wall'

000 copies in the United States alone and has been translated into more than twenty languages

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Denial of Death Existential an illuminating introduction and endnotesWinner 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