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Ernest Becker
After receiving a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Syracuse University, Dr. Ernest Becker (1924-1974) taught at the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State College, and Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is survived by his wife, Marie, and a foundation that bears his... show more

After receiving a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Syracuse University, Dr. Ernest Becker (1924-1974) taught at the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State College, and Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is survived by his wife, Marie, and a foundation that bears his name--The Ernest Becker Foundation.
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Birth date: September 27, 1924
Died: March 06, 1974
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Nonfiction, Philosophy, Social Sciences
Ernest Becker's Books
The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker, Sam Keen, Daniel Goleman Escape from Evil - Ernest Becker The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man - Ernest Becker The Structure of Evil: An Essay on the Unification of the Science of Man - Ernest Becker Angel in Armor: A Post-Freudian Perspective on the Nature of Man - Ernest Becker Revolution in Psychiatry: The New Unders... Revolution in Psychiatry: The New Understanding of Man - Ernest Becker Transference & Transcendence: Ernest Becker's Contribution to Psychotherapy - Ernest Becker The Ernest Becker Reader - Ernest Becker, Daniel Liechty The Lost Science Of Man - Ernest Becker The Lost Science Of Man - Ernest Becker El Barbaro Imaginario - Ernest Becker Beyond Alienation: A Philosophy of Educa... Beyond Alienation: A Philosophy of Education for the Crisis of Democracy - Ernest Becker
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Tower of Iron Will
Tower of Iron Will rated it 5 years ago
text How to Cope with the Inevitable
An unfortunate side effect of a species survival strategy based on a big brain is that humans are capable of understanding that at some point in the future our individual consciousness will come to an end. If that thought does not frighten you then you are not thinking about it hard enough. If you t...
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Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 10 years ago
text The Denial of Death (Audio)
This prize winning book from 1973 has immense value today because it captures how very smart people explained the world in those days and it is amazing we ever got out of the self referential tautological cave that was being created to explain who we are. There is nothing more dangerous than using...
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M Sarki
M Sarki rated it 11 years ago
text Escape from Evil
http://msarki.tumblr.com/post/70425908245/escape-from-evil-by-ernest-beckerNearing his own end Ernest Becker expressed that he had no intention of this book ever being published. After being diagnosed with a terminal disease he decided he had nothing more to say on the subject. But his survivors de...
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M Sarki
M Sarki rated it 11 years ago
text The Denial of Death
An important book for all of us to read, though I bogged down a bit during the sex parts. It is possible I am not as familiar with all the so-called perversions and neurosis of sexuality and therefore the actually small bit of text referring to fetishes and homosexuality was lost on me. I know that ...
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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 13 years ago
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Unabridged. Points brought up:- ersatz immortality: religion, fame, lay a garden, write a book etc etc - practice dying- narcissism: heroic urge- invent worries and anxieties when there are none to be had Pascal - 'Not to be mad would amount to another form of madness'Animal life = body, bodily fun...
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