The birth and death of meaning : an interdisciplinary perspective on the problem of man / by Ernest Becker
Imprint
New York : Free Press, 1971
Edition
2nd ed.
Descript
x, 228 p. ; 21 cm.
CONTENT
Man-apes -- Origins of the mind -- Distinctively human -- Socialization: creation of the inner world -- New meaning of the Oedipus complex -- Culture and personality -- Staging of the self-esteem -- Hero-systems -- What is normal? -- What would a science of man then be -- Religion: the quest for the ideal heroism