Book
Escape from evil / Ernest Becker.
An exploration of the natural history of evil.
Record details
- ISBN: 0029023009
- ISBN: 9780029023006
- ISBN: 0029024501
- ISBN: 9780029024508
- Physical Description: xix, 188 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Free Press, 1975.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Companion vol.: The denial of death. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction. The human condition: between appetite and ingenuity -- The primitive world: ritual as practical technics -- The primitive world: economics as expiation and power -- The origin of inequality -- The evolution of inequality -- The new historical forms of immortality power -- Money: the new universal immortality ideology -- The basic dynamic of human evil -- The nature of social evil -- Social theory: the merger of Marx and Freud -- Retrospect and conclusion: What is the heroic society? |
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| Subject: | Philosophical anthropology. Primitive societies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Easton Area Public Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easton Main Library | 128 B395e (Text) | 190192000227914 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
