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Books : The Denial of Death (Free Press Paperback)by: Ernest Becker
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 Rating:  - The Denial Of Death, by Ernest BeckerErnest Becker is fairly easy to read, and the concepts he refers to are either well introduced through the book before they become widely called upon, or they will be clearly understood after a little while. This is a very wide-ranging work, in which Ernest Becker first paints a comprehensive panorama of the problem of death anxiety from every point of view and possible significance, making use of a wealth of knowledge on the subject within psychology and beyond. At the very last part, he draws ... Read More Rating:  - We only live once!I first came to Ernest Becker's discourse through Woody Allen who, in his interview with Stig Bjorkman, refers to the anthropologist's work when questioned about themes of death. Essentially the book is a remarkable psychological and philosophical exploration of human duality: the `spiritual' inner self (seeking immortality, meaning, purpose) incarcerated in a selfish biological organism, whose sole instinctive function is to reproduce its DNA as quickly and as many times as possible before death. As ... Read More Rating: - Superb, Brilliantly Written and Highly RecommendedSuperb, Brilliantly Written and Highly Recommended. Shows there are as many ways of dying as there are of living. Open to many interpretation and good to think with. I think a closer reading by an earlier reviewer would have avoided the idea that Becker was not advocating for religion but looking at religion as an anthropological phenomena and symbolic action system through which human beings interpret the world, and was definitely not suggesting it was an 'answer' to death. Rating: - Quick CommentFor me, this has been one of the most important books I have ever read. If you haven't read it, I would obviously encourage you to do so. I noticed that one of the reviewers thought that Becker had surrendered to some sort concept of God. I'm afraid that I disagree strongly with this view. My view is that Becker calls for the courage to be (to steal Tillich's phrase) and that the act or process of creativity is in and of itself meaningful - is possibly the only higher level authentic way of ... Read More Rating:  - Denial of ReasonI ordered this book through Amazon purely on the strength of some of the reviews. It seemed really interesting to me, since it proposed to explain much of human behaviour and thought by reference to our trying (unconsciously) to deny our mortality by making ourselves heroes in some way. This is an appealing (if unscientific) theory, and it is true that the book does explain this fully. Becker clearly had great intelligence and has a keen grasp of academic issues. I especially enjoyed his detailing and ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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