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The Denial of Death
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The Denial of Death as mentioned in this paper is an answer to the "why" of human existence, which sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates more than twenty years after its writing.Abstract:
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work,The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates more than twenty years after its writing.read more
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Individual differences in sensitivity to disgust: A scale sampling seven domains of disgust elicitors
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Evidence for terror management theory II: The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who threaten or bolster the cultural worldview.
Jeff Greenberg,Tom Pyszczynski,Sheldon Solomon,Abram Rosenblatt,Mitchell Veeder,Shari Kirkland,Deborah Lyon +6 more
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Terror Management Theory of Self-Esteem and Cultural Worldviews: Empirical Assessments and Conceptual Refinements
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Moral Virtues, Fairness Heuristics, Social Entities, and Other Denizens of Organizational Justice.
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