The Denial of Death
A Pulitzer Prize-winning work of psychological philosophy that synthesizes insights from Kierkegaard, Freud, and Otto Rank. It argues that the fear of death is a primary human motivator, and explores how culture and heroism serve as defenses against this existential terror.
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Ranked #568 of 1942 · 315 pages · Published 1973
Mentioned 2× on The Joe Rogan Experience across 2 episodes, most recently on Feb 19, 2020.
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Book data: ISBN 9780029021507. Page count from Open Library (median of editions). Cover via Open Library Covers.