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A Pulitzer-winning study of how the fear of death shapes human life
1973Slow paceMelancholic
What it is about
Anthropologist Ernest Becker argues that much of human behavior is an attempt to deny our mortality. He draws on psychology, religion and philosophy. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1974.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like philosophy and psychology.
What you will get
It won the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
The Denial of Death Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Nonfiction · Mortality · Psychology · Philosophy
Length
314 pages · ≈ 9 h
More about this book
Characters
Ernest Becker.
Setting
Human culture and the mind.
What makes it different
A serious book that links many fields.
Feel
Dense, serious and intense.
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