![]() The first of his nine books, Zen: A Rational Critique (1961) was based on his doctoral dissertation. In his early 30s, he returned to Syracuse University to pursue graduate studies in cultural anthropology, and would complete his PhD in 1960. Embassy in Paris as an administrative officer. Once completing his military service, Becker attended Syracuse University in New York. ![]() Serving in the infantry during World War II, he would help liberate a Nazi concentration camp. ![]() The Denial of Death Escape from Evil The Birth and Death of MeaningĮrnest Becker (Septem– March 6, 1974) was an American cultural anthropologist and author of the 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Denial of Death.Įrnest Becker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Jewish immigrant parents. ![]() Death-centric perspective on human psychology, eliciting the creation of Terror Management Theory ![]()
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