the denial of death summary

SuperSummary Literature Study Guides & Summaries. WebThe Denial of Death is a philosophical psychology book by Dr. Ernest Becker. The book considers why we exist, why we deny our own mortality, and what our existence.

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Becker concludes the introductory section of a chapter where he offers "A General View of Mental Illness" with the summary observation that "mental illness represents styles of bogging-down in the denial of creatureliness" that is part and parcel of immortality projects. At one extreme, people experiencing depression have the sense that their immortality project is failing. They either begin to think the immortality project is false or feel unable to successfully be.

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