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Author:

Becker, Ernest.

Title:

Escape from evil / Ernest Becker.

Publisher:

Free Press,

Copyright Date:

1975

Description:

xix, 188 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Philosophical anthropology.
Primitive societies.
Good and evil.

Notes:

Companion vol.: The denial of death. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. The human condition: between appetite and ingenuity -- The primitive world: ritual as practical technics -- The primitive world: economics as expiation and power -- The origin of inequality -- The evolution of inequality -- The new historical forms of immortality power -- Money: the new universal immortality ideology -- The basic dynamic of human evil -- The nature of social evil -- Social theory: the merger of Marx and Freud -- Retrospect and conclusion: What is the heroic society?

Summary:

An exploration of the natural history of evil.

ISBN:

9780029024508
0029024501
9780029023006
0029023009

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1531747

LCCN:

75012059

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)