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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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Meanings of death and intrinsic religiosity.
James A. Thorson,F. C. Powell +1 more
TL;DR: Responses who were older and who were higher in intrinsic religiosity were significantly lower in death anxiety andDiffering constructions of death and dying are examined.
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Symbolic immortality and the management of the terror of death : The moderating role of attachment style
Victor Florian,Mario Mikulincer +1 more
TL;DR: Three studies were designed to examine the contribution of R. J. Lifton's (1979) symbolic immortality construct to the management of the terror of death and to investigate whether attachment style may underlie this contribution, and revealed an inverse correlation between self-reports of symbolic immortality and fear of personal death.
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The susceptible circle: A taxonomy of followers associated with destructive leadership
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Explaining the succession of management fads
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In Search of the Organismic Valuing Process: The Human Tendency to Move Towards Beneficial Goal Choices
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