Ernest Becker
Cultural anthropologist (1924 to 1974) whose The Denial of Death (1973) argued that much of human culture and heroism is a defence against the terror of death.
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Cultural anthropologist (1924 to 1974) whose The Denial of Death (1973) argued that much of human culture and heroism is a defence against the terror of death.
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