Meaning Beyond Heroic Illusions?: Transcendence in Everyday Life
Ernest Becker's theory of human evil is as devastating as it is incisive since he identifies the uniquely human capacity for transcendence as the source of evil. Anticipating our own death, we turn to elaborately constructed "heroic illusions" that give us meaning and the promise of i...
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2000]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2000, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-158 |
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B Ernest Becker B Evil B personal relationships B Transcendence |
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