Denial of Death

The book by American psychologist and anthropologist Ernest Becker (1924-1974) "Denial of Death," Pulitzer Prize, 1974, became a classic work in the field of psychology and philosophy. Becker analyzes how the fear of death affects human life and behavior, relationships with others, and society as a whole, and explains how the denial of death influences motivations and actions, becoming a source of many problems and conflicts. The author integrates a vast range of fields – from psychology and philosophy to religion and the humanities, and draws on the works of Søren Kierkegaard, Sigmund Freud, Norman Brown, and Otto Rank.