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Revolution in Psychiatry

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1964 HARDCOVER w/DUST JACKET

276 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1985

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Ernest Becker

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Ernest Becker was an American cultural anthropologist and author of the 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Denial of Death.

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July 29, 2017
Becker establishes the links between meaning and action, and between action and identity, and between identity and meaning.

Yep. It's a complex picture and, essentially, your parents are to blame. But don't be mean to them - they are only the stooges of their culture.
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