The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man

Becker, Ernest

ISBN 10: 0029021901 / ISBN 13: 9780029021903

Published by Free Press, 1971

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0029021901
• ISBN 13: 9780029021903
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do.

About the Author

After receiving a PhD in cultural anthropology from Syracuse University, Dr. Ernest Becker (1924–1974) taught at the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State College, and Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is survived by his wife, Marie, and a foundation that bears his name—The Ernest Becker Foundation.