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The worm at the core

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An edition of The worm at the core (2015)

The worm at the core

on the role of death in life

First edition.

by

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  • 12 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
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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.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
274

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Subjects
Terror, Fear of death, Death, Psychological aspects, Developmental psychology, Fear, Self-realization

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Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
2016, Penguin Books, Limited
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The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
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The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
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The worm at the core: on the role of death in life
2015, Random House
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Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
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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.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Titles
On the role of death in life

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
155.9/37
Library of Congress
BF789.D4 S66 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 274 pages
Number of pages
274

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OL27181282M
Internet Archive
wormatcoreonrole0000solo
ISBN 10
1400067472
ISBN 13
9781400067473
LCCN
2014033937
OCLC/WorldCat
890310320

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