| Description |
xiv, 314 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Companion volume: Escape from evil. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: human nature and the heroic -- 2. The terror of death -- 3. The recasting of some basic psychoanalytic ideas -- 4. Human character as a vital lie -- 5. The psychoanalyst Kierkegaard -- 6. The problem of Freud's character, Noch Einmal -- 7. The spell cast by persons- the nexus of unfreedom -- 8. Otto Rank and the closure of psychoanalysis on Kierkegaard -- 9. The present outcome of psychoanalysis -- 10. A general view of mental illness -- 11. Psychology and religion: what is the heroic individual? |
| Awards |
Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1974. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
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Death.
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Myth -- Psychology.
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Heroes -- Psychology.
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Attitude to Death. (DNLM)D001293
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Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855. (OCoLC)fst00037558
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Death. (OCoLC)fst00888613
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00888643
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Heroes -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst00955573
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Myth -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst01751755
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Psychologie (DE-588)4047704-6
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Tod (DE-588)4060294-1
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Dood.
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Ontkenning (psychologie)
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Morte (Psicologia)
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Psychologie.
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Tod.
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| Indexed Term |
Death |
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Death Psychological aspects |
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Freud, Sigmund 1856-1939 |
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Heroes Psychology |
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Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855 |
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Myth Psychological aspects |
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Rank, Otto 1884-1939 |
| Genre/Form |
Death.
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Death.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Becker, Ernest. Denial of death. New York, Free Press [1973] (OCoLC)608388823 |
| ISBN |
0029021502 |
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9780029021507 |
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0029023807 (paperback) |
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9780029023808 (paperback) |
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0029023106 |
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9780029023105 |
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