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| Author | Ernest Becker |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Death |
| Publisher | Free Press |
Publication date | December 31, 1973 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 9780684832401 |
The Denial of Death is a 1973 book by American cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker which discusses the psychological and philosophical implications of how people and cultures have reacted to the concept of death.[1] The author argues most human action is taken to ignore or avoid the inevitability of death.[2]
It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1974, two months after the author's death.[3] It is the main work responsible for the development of terror management theory, which provides empirical support for Becker's ideas.
- ^ Becker, Ernest (1973). The Denial of Death. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-83240-2.
- ^ "Terror Management Theory – Ernest Becker Foundation". ernestbecker.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "The 1974 Pulitzer Prize Winner in General Nonfiction". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on May 4, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.