Ernest Becker and the psychology of worldviews

Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski offer experimental confirmation for Ernest Becker's claim that the fear of death is a powerful unconscious motive producing polarized worldviews and scapegoating. Their suggestion that their findings also prove Sigmund Freud's theory of...

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Main Author: Webb, Eugene 1938- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 1998
In: Zygon
Year: 1998, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-86
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Becker, Ernest 1924-1974 / Death / Defense mechanism / Culture psychology
B Girard, René 1923-2015
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
ZD Psychology
Parallel Edition:Electronic