Ernest Becker
Ernest Becker · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Cultural anthropologist, author of the Pulitzer-winning 'The Denial of Death'
1924, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA — 1974, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
United States · Canada
Ernest Becker is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Cultural anthropologist, author of the Pulitzer-winning 'The Denial of Death'
Becker was a Jewish American cultural anthropologist whose synthesis of psychology, anthropology and philosophy culminated in 'The Denial of Death' (1973), which argued that the fear of mortality drives human culture and heroism. The book won the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction two months after his death. He was born into a Jewish family in Massachusetts and served in the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Cultural anthropologist, author of the Pulitzer-winning 'The Denial of Death'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Anthropology
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