Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (1974) Winner
Ernest Becker
アーネスト・ベッカー
Ānesuto Bekkā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1924-09-27 （Springfield, Massachusetts）
- Died
- 1974-03-06 （Burnaby, British Columbia） age 49
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Springfield, Massachusetts → Syracuse, New York → Paris, France → Italy → Berkeley, California → San Francisco, California → Burnaby, British Columbia
Career
- Occupations
- cultural anthropologist, author, professor
- Active Years
- 1960-1974
- Affiliations
- Upstate Medical College, Syracuse University School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco State University, Simon Fraser University
- Influenced By
- Søren Kierkegaard, Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Reich, Norman O. Brown, Erich Fromm, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Otto Rank
- Influenced
- Terror Management Theory researchers
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse University | — | cultural anthropology | PhD | 1950年代後半-1960 | United States |
| Syracuse University | — | — | BS | — | United States |
Syracuse University
cultural anthropology
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1950年代後半-1960
Year of Graduation:
1960
Country:
United States
BS and PhD
Syracuse University
Degree:
BS
Country:
United States
Undergraduate
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Pulitzer Prize | The Denial of Death | — | Columbia University | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize
1974
Work:
The Denial of Death
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Denial of Death
1973 Cultural Anthropology / PsychologyArgues that human character is formed by denying mortality, causing much evil in the world.
terror of deathdenial of deathcultural worldviews
The Birth and Death of Meaning
1962 Psychiatry / AnthropologyExplains the human condition through symbols and illusions.
creation of meaningsymbolshuman evolution
Escape from Evil
1975 Cultural AnthropologyExtends social and cultural implications of denial of death.
evilreligionscience
Bibliography
- Zen: A Rational Critique (1961)
- The Birth and Death of Meaning (1962)
- Revolution in Psychiatry (1964)
- Beyond Alienation (1967)
- The Structure of Evil (1968)
- Angel in Armor (1969)
- The Lost Science of Man (1971)
- The Denial of Death (1973)
- Escape from Evil (1975)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- interdisciplinarytheatricalsymbol-focused
- Recurring Motifs
- terror of deathhuman finituderole of culture
Health
-
colon cancer1972年11月-1974年3月Cause of death, impacted late writings
Legacy
Pulitzer for Denial of Death; foundation of Terror Management Theory; Ernest Becker Foundation established.
Archives
- Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library
In Popular Culture
- Documentary film Flight From Death (2003)
Trivia
- Liberated a Nazi concentration camp in WWII
- Served in infantry during World War II.