The Denial of Death
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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 thirty years after its writing.
ForewordPrefaceCh. 1Introduction: Human Nature and the Heroic1Pt. IThe Depth Psychology of Heroism9Ch. 2The Terror of Death11Ch. 3The Recasting of Some Basic Psychoanalytic Ideas25Ch. 4Human Character as a Vital Lie47Ch. 5The Psychoanalyst Kierkegaard67Ch. 6The Problem of Freud's Character, Noch Einmal93Pt. IIThe Failures of Heroism125Ch. 7The Spell Cast by Persons - The Nexus of Unfreedom127Ch. 8Otto Rank and the Closure of Psychoanalysis on Kierkegaard159Ch. 9The Present Outcome of Psychoanalysis176Ch. 10A General View of Mental Illness208Pt. IIIRetrospect and Conclusion: The Dilemmas of Heroism253Ch. 11Psychology and Religion: What Is the Heroic Individual?255References286Index305
