Death and Denial: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Legacy of Ernest Becker

Description: Death and Denial by Daniel Liechty In this edited collection of essays, professionals and academics from across the spectrum of the humanities and social sciences outline the ways in which Generative Death Anxiety theory impacts their field and discuss the work of its most famous proponent, Ernest Becker, whose ^IDenial of Death^R won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this edited collection of essays, professionals and academics from across the spectrum of the humanities and social sciences outline the ways in which Generative Death Anxiety theory impacts their field and discuss the work of its most famous proponent, Ernest Becker, whose ^IDenial of Death^R won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. The essays demonstrate that recognition of this deeply rooted source of human behavior and attitudes provides a fertile organizing principle for the humanities and social sciences.The theory of Generative Death Anxiety is based on the recognition that if there is any uniquely human characteristic, it is the ability to anticipate and prepare for death. This recognition of mortality, however, runs directly counter to our survival instincts and must be repressed, thus creating a constant supply of repressed psychic energy—which, shaped by cultural and narrative factors, emerges in a rich array of human creativity and resourcefulness, but also in racism, religious chauvinism, reactive violence, and other types of pathological behavior. In this edited collection of essays, professionals and academics from across the spectrum of the humanities and social sciences outline the ways in which this theory impacts their field and discuss the work of its most famous proponent, Ernest Becker, whose ^IDenial of Death^R won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. The essays demonstrate that recognition of this deeply rooted source of human behavior and attitudes provides a fertile organizing principle for the humanities and social sciences. Author Biography DANIEL LIECHTY is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Illinois State University and a licensed clinical social worker specializing in issues related to grief, loss, and death. Table of Contents Introduction: Generative Mortality Anxiety: An Organizing Principle for the Social Sciences and Humanities by Daniel LiechtyPsychological ReflectionsA Perilous Leap from Beckers Theorizing to Empirical Science: Terror Management Theory and Research by Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski and Sheldon SolomonInflicting Evil as an Alternative to the Dread of Dying: An Independent Test of Generative Death Anxiety by C. Fred AlfordForgiveness: From Heroic Illusion to Human Homecoming by Steen HallingCognition Creates Character: Neurotic Styles by Daniel GolemanWaging War Against Death by Gavin de BeckerPsychotherapeutic ReflectionsDeath Anxiety and the Psychotherapeutic Process by James B. McCarthyThree Forms of Death Anxiety by Robert LangsThe Paradoxical Self: An Expansive View of Death Anxiety by Kirk J. SchneiderThe Hero and the Addict: Reflections on the Apprehension of Death by Jeffrey KauffmanDeath Anxiety in the Treatment of Children in Poverty by Claude BarbreSocial Scientific ReflectionsThe Transcendent Dimesion in Social Science by James A. AhoThe Industrial Organization of Anxiety by Kirby FarrellDeath Anxiety in Medical Education and Practice by Neil ElgeeErnst Beckers Anti-Idealist Theory of Communication: Death, Drama, and Purgation by W. Thomas DuncansonOur Existential Vulnerability to Toxic Leaders by Jean Lipman-BlumenPhilosophical ReflectionsErnst Becker and Emmanuel levinas: Surprising Convergences by Richard ColledgeInterrogated by the Mortal: Kenneth Burke and Ernst Becker by C. Allen CarterWhat Does a Body Know? Analysis of Violence in Ernest Becker and Julia Kristeva by Martha ReinekeDenial of Death in the Dissolution of the Modern Self by Walter Truett AndersonThe Denial of No-Self: A Buddhist Perspective by David R. LoyReligious ReflectionsThe Enemy as Enemy of God: Psycho-Spiritual Processes in the Ritual Transformation of the Enemy by Sam KeenIndex Review ?The writers of this compendium expand and apply Beckers thoughts to a variety of situations and thinkers from any discipline will profit from reading it.?-PERSPECTIVES on Science and Christian Faith"The writers of this compendium expand and apply Beckers thoughts to a variety of situations and thinkers from any discipline will profit from reading it."-PERSPECTIVES on Science and Christian Faith Promotional Analyzes the impact of the theory of Generative Death Anxiety on the humanities and social sciences. Long Description In this edited collection of essays, professionals and academics from across the spectrum of the humanities and social sciences outline the ways in which Generative Death Anxiety theory impacts their field and discuss the work of its most famous proponent, Ernest Becker, whose ^IDenial of Death^R won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. The essays demonstrate that recognition of this deeply rooted source of human behavior and attitudes provides a fertile organizing principle for the humanities and social sciences. The theory of Generative Death Anxiety is based on the recognition that if there is any uniquely human characteristic, it is the ability to anticipate and prepare for death. This recognition of mortality, however, runs directly counter to our survival instincts and must be repressed, thus creating a constant supply of repressed psychic energy--which, shaped by cultural and narrative factors, emerges in a rich array of human creativity and resourcefulness, but also in racism, religious chauvinism, reactive violence, and other types of pathological behavior. In this edited collection of essays, professionals and academics from across the spectrum of the humanities and social sciences outline the ways in which this theory impacts their field and discuss the work of its most famous proponent, Ernest Becker, whose ^IDenial of Death^R won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. The essays demonstrate that recognition of this deeply rooted source of human behavior and attitudes provides a fertile organizing principle for the humanities and social sciences. Review Quote "The writers of this compendium expand and apply Beckers thoughts to a variety of situations and thinkers from any discipline will profit from reading it."- PERSPECTIVES on Science and Christian Faith Promotional "Headline" Analyzes the impact of the theory of Generative Death Anxiety on the humanities and social sciences. Details ISBN0275974200 Year 2002 ISBN-10 0275974200 ISBN-13 9780275974206 Publication Date 2002-12-30 Subtitle Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Legacy of Ernest Becker Country of Publication United States Edited by Daniel Liechty DEWEY 128.5092 Format Hardcover Short Title DEATH & DENIAL Language English Media Book Place of Publication Westport Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 320 Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc DOI 10.1604/9780275974206 UK Release Date 2002-12-30 NZ Release Date 2002-12-30 US Release Date 2002-12-30 Audience Age 7-17 Author Daniel Liechty Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Audience General AU Release Date 2002-12-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:6976965;

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