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.
- ISBN10 0844669326
- ISBN13 9780844669328
- Publish Date 1 January 1998 (first published March 1974)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Peter Smith Publisher
- Edition 544th ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Language English