Prefigurarea teoriei respingerii morții prin eroism în scrierile timpurii ale lui Ernest Becker
Foreshadowing the Theory of Death Denial through Heroism in Ernest Becker’s Earlier Works

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I follow the evolution of Ernest Becker’s thought, from his doctoral thesis on zen philosophy, to his second book which marked the first time he sketched his theory concerning heroism, arriving at his last two major works The Denial of Death and Escape from Evil, where we encounter the mature Becker, during his so-called “dark turn”. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to try to connect Becker’s earlier works to his last two works, where he finally unveiled his theory on denying death through heroism. Therefore, my work is to uncover elements of late beckerian thought in his first two books.

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