The Denial of Death (Record no. 59189)
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| fixed length control field | 01317 a2200205 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 230515b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780684832401 (PB) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Universal Decimal Classification number | 159.9 |
| Item number | BEC |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Becker, Ernest |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Denial of Death |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Name of publisher | Free Press |
| Year of publication | 1997 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 314 p |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Human nature and the heroic<br/>Depth psychology of heroism: Terror of death; Recasting of some basic psychoanalytic ideas; Human character as a vital lie; Psychoanalyst Kierkegaard; Problem of Freud's character, Noch Einmal<br/>Failures of heroism: Spell cast by persons, the nexus of unfreedom; Otto Rank and the closure of psychoanalysis on Kierkegaard; Present outcome of psychoanalysis; General view of mental illness<br/>Retrospect and conclusion, the dilemmas of heroism: Psychology and religion, what is the heroic individual? |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Challenging the Freudian school of thought, this book portrays humans as constantly struggling against inherent ambiguities in themselves and the world, while trying to define themselves to achieve immortality. It sees the denial of death as man's attempt to distinguish himself beyond the grave. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Death Psychological aspects |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Myth Psychological aspects |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | General |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| IMSc Library | First Floor, Rack No: 1, Shelf No: 7 | 159.9 BEC | 77292 | BOOKS |