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The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man; 2nd Edition
Written by Ernest Becker
Narrated by Chris Sorensen
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The Birth and Death of Meaning uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do.
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Ernest Becker
After receiving a PhD in cultural anthropology from Syracuse University, Dr. Ernest Becker (1924–1974) taught at the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State College, and Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is survived by his wife, Marie, and a foundation that bears his name—The Ernest Becker Foundation.
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