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

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  • Title Birth and Death of Meaning
  • Author Ernest Becker
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Pages 228
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, New York
  • Publication date 1971-09-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780029021903 / 0029021901
  • Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.48 x 5.58 x 0.59 in (21.54 x 14.17 x 1.50 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Modern
  • Category Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 62015359
  • Dewey Decimal Code 128.3

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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.
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