Bibliograph

The worm at the core, on the role of death in life, Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski

Type

Label

The worm at the core, on the role of death in life, Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The worm at the core

Oclc number

890310320

Responsibility statement

Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski

Sub title

on the role of death in life

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

Table Of 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

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