The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
by Ernest Becker
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Author: Ernest BeckerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1971-09-01
ISBN: 0029021901
Number of pages: 228
Publisher: Free Press
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- ISBN13: 9780029021903
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Book Review: A brilliant intellectual quest
Summary: 4 Stars
In each of his books, Ernest Becker presents his most current view of what human life (and our experience of it) 'really means'. His intellectual life was a constant quest for some theoretical framework that would explain human experience/behavior in a satisfactory way. Each book seems to say, "We'll, I didn't quite have it right before, but now I really know what it is all about." Reading his books in order is a grand journey of mind and spirit. I never felt that he fully succeeded in his quest, but each book - and this in particular for me because it was the first of his I read - forces the reader to come to terms with aspects of life that we usually avoid thinking about - either because they are too difficult or because we have supressed any awareness of them. If the unexamined life is not worth living, this book, and all of Becker's output, should become tools to assist in the examination we need to make if life is to be meaninful.
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