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The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
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TextPublication details: Allen Lane, Penguin 2015 Description: Hbk .: 274 pISBN: 9780241217252Subject(s): Cultural anthropology | Sociology | Death & DyingDDC classification: 306.92 SOL Summary: More than one hundred years ago, the American philosopher William James dubbed the knowledge that we must die “the worm at the core” of the human condition. In 1974, cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker won the Pulitzer Prize for his book The Denial of Death, arguing that the terror of death has a pervasive effect on human affairs. Now authors Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski clarify with wide-ranging evidence the many ways the worm at the core guides our thoughts and actions, from the great art we create to the devastating wars we wage.
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| 306.92 SMI Reflections on Death, Dying and Bereavement: | 306.92 SOF Dying, Death, and Grief in an Online Universe | 306.92 SOF Dying, death, and grief in an online universe | 306.92 SOL The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life | 306.92 SON Regarding the Pain of Others | 306.92 STA Only Love Remains | 306.92 STR Death Without Notice |
More than one hundred years ago, the American philosopher William James dubbed the knowledge that we must die “the worm at the core” of the human condition. In 1974, cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker won the Pulitzer Prize for his book The Denial of Death, arguing that the terror of death has a pervasive effect on human affairs. Now authors Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski clarify with wide-ranging evidence the many ways the worm at the core guides our thoughts and actions, from the great art we create to the devastating wars we wage.
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