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The worm at the core : on the role of death in life / Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Solomon, Sheldon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death--Psychological aspects.
- Death.
- Fear of death.
- Terror.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, 2015.
- Summary:
- Demonstrates how an unconscious fear of death motivates nearly all human goals, behaviors, and cultures, examining the role of mortality awareness in prompting social unrest and war.
- Contents:
- Managing the terror of death
- The scheme of things
- Self-esteem: the foundation of fortitude
- Homo mortalis: from primate to human
- Literal immortality
- Symbolic immortality
- The anatomy of human destructiveness
- Body and soul: an uneasy alliance
- Death near and far
- Cracks in the shields
- Living with death.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781400067473
- 1400067472
- OCLC:
- 890310320
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