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The Denial of Death

Auteur(s): Ernest Becker
Narrateur(s): Raymond Todd
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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 30 years after its writing.

©1973 Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks Sciences sociales Sociologie Santé Santé mentale

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"A brave work of electrifying intelligence and passion, optimistic and revolutionary, destined to endure." (New York Times Book Review)

"Ranks among the truly important books of the year. Professor Becker writes with power and brilliant insight." (Publishers Weekly)

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i enjoyed it at the very begining, but after about 5-6 hours i got bored. Guess it wasn't my type

got bored near the end

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A must listen!! Truly a perspective altering body of work. Thankful to have had the chance to come across it.

Amazing

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an excellent intro to Philosophy. this book takes you on a journey. be ready to be aroused

an excellent intro to Philosophy

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As the introduction mentions, humanity is choking on truth; everything is mentioned in a million ways, screaming for attention. It's hard to get meaningful ideas or whole perspectives that can stand solid these days, and this perspective is solid. The Denial of Death doesn't level a forest of ideals by picking up an axe but by giving latitude. To the point that even mountains look flat.

A pliar of neutrality: This book levels a forest of ideas to the ground

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This book surprised me at almost every turn. It frames how we look at the behaviour patterns that define our lives in a new light.
There were moments where I found myself having said aloud proclamations of it's brilliance - I will definitely give it another listen at some point.
The author gives a lot of credit to another author Otto Rank. He speaks highly of his work and often cites his discoveries.
This is the synopsis from Wikipedia...
"The Denial of Death is a 1973 work of psychology and philosophy by Ernest Becker, in which the author builds on the works of Søren Kierkegaard, Sigmund Freud, Norman O. Brown and Otto Rank. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1974, two months after the author's death"

The narrator moves quickly through the material which I appreciate due to the volume of the text.
Great book. Don't miss this one.
Once it gets going you won't be able to stop listening to it and it will stay with you for awhile afterwards following your first listen.

Brilliant book

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I listened to this book almost a year ago. I've been chewing on the ideas ever since. Many of them I intuitively knew since a young age, and my experiences in life and observations of culture have only reinforced them and helped me understand them deeper. As someone who lives to take physical risks and challenges, I've often found myself confused by so many of my peers who seem almost pathetically risk-averse. This book does a good job of articulating how many people busy themselves endlessly in a naive and vain attempt to avoid thinking or coming to terms with the fact that they will one day die.

If you've ever experimented with psychedelics and deep introspective thoughts, you'll likely have grappled with the subject matter in this book. This author does a great job of expanding upon and articulating those ideas, with plenty of anthropological support.

A must read for anyone who endeavours to live a meaningful life.

Also, if you were curious about why so many strange individuals went panic-shopping for toilet paper during the COVID-19 situation, this book elaborates on the psychology behind that type of behaviour.

Well Researched and Thought Out

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The author is off to a good start but turns his story into musings about Freud's personality and features, which I don't care about. It seemed to me that at the time of writing it was important to refer to some important psych figures like Freud but it's completely irrelevant now. Sadly, I couldn't tolerate listening to these pointless musings...

Good start, but could not continue...

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So much of it is so incredibly out of date that it has lost it's relevance both scientifically and philosophically

Sadly far to old

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Read (listened) to this for a second time since doing a degree, which was a different experience to the first time. This is really a very interesting series of opinions. If you don't like Freud because of the lack of evidence, you won't like this.

Lacks reference to any evidence

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I read 3-5 books a week, and this is the first one I've truly struggled to get through that initially seemed promising. The homophobia isn't acceptable, either. A boring narrator and boring subject matter that can't stop sucking up to outdated Freud.

Outdated, offensive and disappointing.

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