Afraid of the Dark: Humanity at the Crossroads - Sheldon Soloman from meaning of sheldon Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 51 min 40 sec ✓ Published: 15-Oct-2013
Description: Dr. Solomon presents an overview of cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker’s ideas about how the uniquely human fear of death has a pervasive effect on human beings’ thoughts, feelings, and behavior.According to Becker, humans manage the terror of death by adhering to culturally constructed beliefs about reality that provide a sense that one is a person of value in a world of meaning, and thus eligible for either literal or symbolic immortality. The quest for immortality underlies some of h
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