American cultural anthropologist (1924–1974)

The denial of death / Ernest Becker.

The birth and death of meaning : an interdisciplinary perspective on the problem of man / Ernest Becker.

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Ernest Becker

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The denial of death / Ernest Becker.

The birth and death of meaning : an interdisciplinary perspective on the problem of man / Ernest Becker.