00799nam a22001457a 4500003000200000005001700002020001800019082001400037100002000051245002000071260003100091300001000122520050500132650001600637020260714125409.0  a9780684832401  a128.5 BEC  aBecker, Ernest   aDenial of death  aNew YorkbFree Pressc2023  a316p.  aWinner 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.  aPsychology