The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker is a philosophical exploration of the human condition. It examines how our fear of death shapes our lives and our culture, and how we cope with the knowledge of our mortality. Becker argues that our attempts to deny death are ultimately futile, and that we must
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The Denial of Death is a 1973 book by American cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker which discusses the psychological and philosophical implications of how people and cultures have reacted to the concept of death. The author argues most human action is taken to ignore or avoid the inevitability of death.