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Escape from evil
Author
Title
Escape from evil / Ernest Becker.
Edition
First Free Press paperback edition.
Publication
New York : The Free Press, 1976.
Copyright Notice Date
©1975
Physical Description
xix, 188 pages ; 18 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Zab K859 Zz976B: Number line on title page verso indicates first printing: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Paperbound. Autographed by Larry Kramer. Manuscript annotations and markings by Larry Kramer. From the papers of Larry Kramer.
Notes
Companion volume: The denial of death.
Summary
An exploration of the natural history of evil.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2024
Bibliography
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?
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Annotations - 20th century.
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United States New York (State) New York.
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