The Denial of Death (N)

Addresses The Issue Of Mortality Discussing How Humans Universally Share A Fear Of Death And Examines The Theories Of Leading Thinkers On This Subject Including Freud, Rank, And Kierkegaard. Introduction: Human Nature And The Heroic -- Pt. I. The Depth Psychology Of Heroism -- The Terror Of Death -- The Recasting Of Some Basic Psychoanalytic Ideas -- Human Character As A Vital Lie -- The Psychoanalyst Kierkegaard -- The Problem Of Freud's Character, Noch Einmal -- Pt. Ii. The Failures Of Heroism -- The Spell Cast By Persons, The Nexus Of Unfreedom -- Otto Rank And The Closure Of Psychoanalysis On Kierkegaard -- The Present Outcome Of Psychoanalysis -- A General View Of Mental Illness -- Pt. Iii. Rerospect And Conclusion: The Dilemmas Of Heroism -- Psychology And Religion: What Is The Heroic Individual? Ernest Becker. With A New Foreword By Sam Keen--cover. Originally Published: New York : Free Press, 1973. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.