The Denial of Death (Paperback)

from dmsteyn

"Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed." - George Bernard Shaw This is an excellent psychology book, which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1974, the same year that Beck...

from dono421846

Required reading for anyone who hopes to think meaningfully about the human condition, either philosophically or scientifically.

from drsabs

This ambitious work seeks to reveal the underlying psychological tensions of the human condition, evaluate the various ways men have sought to resolve them and make some conclusions, which might be...

from dbsovereign

One of the most important books ever written about a subject no one wants to even think about - this is at once a classic and serially out of print. Becker would say it's because people do not want...

from D.C.Alexander

I have never read a book that so matched my own beliefs as to what drives "evil" deeds, great and small, in the world around us. Many will no doubt find Becker's work deeply troubling, as it essent...