The Denial of Death

Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates more than twenty years after its writing.

• Escape from Evil
• The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
• The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
• Art and Artist: Creative Urge and Personality Development
• The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
• The Origins and History of Consciousness (Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology)
• Modern Man In Search of a Soul
• Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
• The World's Religions (Plus)