Pros: Profound, accessible, provocative, backed by recent empirical research (Terror Management Theory) Cons: Some theoretical gaps e.g. homosexuality, paleoanthropology
The terror of mortality and the avoidance of this reality is an unconscious and, until recently, largely unexamined element of human psychology and cultural meaning. This knowledge does not necessarily correspond to a belief in personal oblivion; but ...
Pros: The book's ambition, honesty, clarity, and erudition make it truly great. Cons: A lack of empirical evidence to back up his thesis. Outdated analysis on mental illness.
"The Denial of Death," which won the Pulitzer prize in 1974 was written as the author, Ernest Becker, was dying of cancer. This specter is in the background of every word he writes here, and I think, forces the author to confront death with an ...
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