Ernest Becker
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| Born | September 27, 1924 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 1974 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
Cause of death | colon cancer |
| Victim of | premature death |
| Nationality | USA |
| Ethnicity | Jewish |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| Spouse | Marie Becker-Pos |
| Interests | death, death anxiety |
US academic whose work centered the importance of the human fear of death | |
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Ernest Becker was an academic whose work centered the importance of the human fear of death. He believed all culture was an attempt to handle this fear. He died of cancer aged 49 shortly after publishing The Denial Of Death.
Interests
Becker's research and reading was centred on human mortality.
Publications
Becker's magnum opus is The Denial Of Death, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize 2 months after his death from cancer.[1] This was followed by the posthumously published Escape From Evil, which he deemed unworthy of publication, but his wife disagreed and published anyway.