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I would like to get in touch with you if you have read this book. It is a very deep book that makes demands on the psyche and character. I need to get back to it again. It lead me to Otto Rank's "The Myth of the Birth of the Hero", which is extremely good too. So, have you read The Denial of Death? What did it do for you?

Tg I read this book last year--It was a tremendous Read--it made me think of the Greek Myths--The Ramayana, The Bible--How the Protagonist in each tale o…moreI read this book last year--It was a tremendous Read--it made me think of the Greek Myths--The Ramayana, The Bible--How the Protagonist in each tale overcame unbelievably stiff obstacles---The triumph of the Hero is always an inner drive to move forward with Spirit in the face of Disaster--Admiral Stockdale tells how Greek Philosophy helped him not only to overcome, but to thrive under 8 years of torture in Vietnam--see his article "The Master of My Fate "
Excellent, Excellent Book by Mr. Becker(less)

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amzing perspective that many of us boots on the ground operators see daily...create the change up until your last moment...be the change you want to see...you can solve anything that has been created by another person...ant wrong can be undone, and wrong made right...do you agree?

John S any wrong can be undone, is too optimistic, in the context of the book's argument: that we (humankind) need an enemy, for a heroic struggle in which w…moreany wrong can be undone, is too optimistic, in the context of the book's argument: that we (humankind) need an enemy, for a heroic struggle in which we gain transcendence, ie freedom from our fear of personal insignificance (death). History being, by and large, our acting out on the basis of this need. if this is correct, can we undo human nature, even if the inability to do so may mean our extinction?(less)

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Can someone recommend me something similarly comprehensive (as in systematic) in the same cultural, psychological, philosophical, antrophological theme? I really liked this book, I’d like to think I comprehended most of it and am looking for another perspective, trying to look at humans, religion, culture in another way.

Pooja Kashyap I'm half way through The Denial of Death, I have added the following in the list, just thought of sharing.

"The Sacred and The Profane" by Mircea Eliad…moreI'm half way through The Denial of Death, I have added the following in the list, just thought of sharing.

"The Sacred and The Profane" by Mircea Eliade
"The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell (with Bill Moyers)
"Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl

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