In our dark time, where ethno-nationalism and militant fundamentalism have lead to hatred and genocide, we are all what Robert J. Lifton calls "survivors (p. 235, Lifton, R. J. "The Future of Immortality", Basic Books, Inc., Publisher, New York, NY, 1987.)." As "survivors" we cannot help but search for an explanation of the violence and destruction that have plagued our century. In his book "Escape from Evil", Ernest Becker proposes a very convincing, and often harrowing, explanation of this destruction. He writes,
"Since men must now hold for dear life onto the self-transcending meanings of the society in which they live, onto the immortality symbols which guarentee them indefinite duration of some kind, a new kind of instability and anxiety are created. And this anxiety is precisely what spills over into the affairs of men. In seeking to avoid evil, man is responsible for bringing more evil into the world than organisms could ever do merely by excercising their digestive tracts. It is man s ingenuity, rather than his animal nature, that has given his fellow creatures such a bitter earthly fate (pg. 5, Becker)."
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The fundamental premise of Becker's thesis is that man, like other organisms, is mortal. But, unlike other animals, man has the bad fortune of being aware of his own mortality. Thus, the life of man is driven by the pursuit of an eternally flourishing life ...
評分The fundamental premise of Becker's thesis is that man, like other organisms, is mortal. But, unlike other animals, man has the bad fortune of being aware of his own mortality. Thus, the life of man is driven by the pursuit of an eternally flourishing life ...
評分The fundamental premise of Becker's thesis is that man, like other organisms, is mortal. But, unlike other animals, man has the bad fortune of being aware of his own mortality. Thus, the life of man is driven by the pursuit of an eternally flourishing life ...
評分The fundamental premise of Becker's thesis is that man, like other organisms, is mortal. But, unlike other animals, man has the bad fortune of being aware of his own mortality. Thus, the life of man is driven by the pursuit of an eternally flourishing life ...
評分The fundamental premise of Becker's thesis is that man, like other organisms, is mortal. But, unlike other animals, man has the bad fortune of being aware of his own mortality. Thus, the life of man is driven by the pursuit of an eternally flourishing life ...
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每個社會有其獨特的英雄係統, 人們在其中尋求權利與救贖,這是此生為人的美與罪。
評分每個社會有其獨特的英雄係統, 人們在其中尋求權利與救贖,這是此生為人的美與罪。
評分每個社會有其獨特的英雄係統, 人們在其中尋求權利與救贖,這是此生為人的美與罪。
評分每個社會有其獨特的英雄係統, 人們在其中尋求權利與救贖,這是此生為人的美與罪。
評分值得一讀,但不如The Denial of Death
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