The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker, the Pulitzer Prize winning author, wrote, “In order to turn out a piece of work the author has to exaggerate the emphasis of it, to oppose it in a forcefully competitive way to other versions of the truth…the problem is to find the truth underneath the exaggeration.”
The will to meaning within the human experience has had important consequences for the world. It is hard to exaggerate the influential aspects of the pursuit for purpose in the conext of death anxiety. The will to meaning in the human experience has given so many the strength to deal with the blows of fate. But there is a dark side to the will to meaning and the denial of death.
The will to meaning within the human experience has had important consequences for the world. It is hard to exaggerate the influential aspects of the pursuit for purpose in the conext of death anxiety. The will to meaning in the human experience has given so many the strength to deal with the blows of fate. But there is a dark side to the will to meaning and the denial of death.
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