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The Denial of Death is a psychology/philosophy work written by Ernest Becker and published in 1973. It was awarded the
Pulitzer prize for general non-fiction in 1974, two months after the author's death. The book builds largely on the
works of S?ren Kierkegaard, Sigmund Freud, and one of Freud's colleagues, Otto Rank.



The basic premise of The Denial of Death is that human civilization is ultimately an elaborate, symbolic defense
mechanism against the knowledge of our mortality, which in turn acts as the emotional and intellectual response to our
basic survival mechanism. Becker argues that a basic duality in human life exists between the physical world of objects
and a symbolic world of human meaning. Thus, since man has a dualistic nature consisting of a physical self and a
symbolic self, man is able to transcend the dilemma of mortality through heroism, a concept involving his symbolic half.
By embarking on what Becker refers to as an "immortality project" (or causa sui), in which he creates or
becomes part of something which he feels will outlast him, man feels he has "become" heroic and, henceforth,
part of something eternal; something that will never die, compared to his physical body that will die one day. This, in
turn, gives man the feeling that his life has meaning; a purpose; significance in the grand scheme of things.



From this premise, mental illness is most insightfully extrapolated as a bogging down in one's hero system(s). When
someone is experiencing depression, their causa sui (or heroism project) is failing, and they are being consistently
reminded of their mortality and insignificance as a result. Schizophrenia is a step further than depression in which
one's causa sui is falling apart, making it impossible to engender sufficient defense mechanisms against their
mortality; henceforth, the schizophrenic has to create their own reality or "world" in which they are better
heroes. Becker argues that the conflict between immortality projects which contradict each other (particularly in
religion) is the wellspring for the destruction and misery in our world caused by wars, bigotry, genocide, racism,
nationalism, and so forth, since an immortality project which contradicts others indirectly suggests that the others are
wrong.



Another theme running throughout the book is that humanity's traditional "hero-systems" i.e. religion, are no
longer convincing in the age of reason; science is attempting to solve the problem of man, something that Becker feels
it can never do. The book states that we need new convincing "illusions" that enable us to feel heroic in the
grand scheme of things, i.e. immortal. Becker, however, does not provide any definitive answer, mainly because he
believes that there is no perfect solution. Instead, he hopes that gradual realization of man's innate motivations,
namely death, can help to bring about a better world.



00. Dedication + Forward + Preface.mp3

01. Introduction - Human Nature and the Heroic.mp3

02. The Terror of Death.mp3

03. The Recasting of Some Basic Psychoanalytic Ideas.mp3

04. Human Character as a Vital Lie.mp3

05. The Psychoanalyst Kierkegaard.mp3

06. The Problem of Freud's Character.mp3

07. The Spell Cast by Persons - The Nexus of Unfreedom.mp3

08. Otto Rank and the Closure of Psychoanalysis on Kierkegaard.mp3

09. The Present Outcome of Psychoanalysis.mp3

10. A General View of Mental Illness.mp3

11. Psychology and Religion - What Is the Heroic Individual.mp3



Review:



5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond brilliant, absolutely unforgettable masterpiece,



"The Denial of Death" is one of the most brilliant books I've ever read, without a doubt. It is a work of
absolute passion and brilliance, and it is obviously Becker's 'magnum opus', the product of a lifetime's worth of study
and reflection on the mystery and underlying meaning of human existence. First, Becker courageously faces what he knows
to be true: that human culture and everyday activitity is a 'frantic sedative' of sorts and is not at all what it
appears to be. Second, he admits that the human condition is in some ways terrifying and maddeningly paradoxical, in
that human beings are quite vulnerable animals unfortunate enough to have the capacity to reflect on their horrid
fate:death. He has no illusions about what so called 'neurosis' actually is--Becker knows that the people society call
'neurotic' or 'weird' are precisely those who have a deeper philosophical insight into the nearly paralyzing fundamental
questions of human existence. His 'answers', (although as Sam Keen puts it, they are really only palliative solutions)
are mostly pragmatic in nature and require what Kierkegaard (to whom a chapter is devoted)termed 'the leap of faith'.
The only consolation Becker offers, really, is the acknowledgment that these agonizing ultimate questions are what all
the great souls in the history of man (Tolstoy, Peguy, Nietzsche are just a few of those mentioned), have struggled
with. The book's reputation as being depressing and heavy handed is not entirely unjustified, but this in no way
detracts from its beauty or undeniable importance. Sometimes chilling, but nonetheless a supreme work of perfection,
beauty, and authenticity.

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