Cosmic Heroism: The Victory of Self over Body
A Beaker of Becker: A Beacon from Beyond [1] H. Talat Halman, Ph.D. Central Michigan University "[T]he problem of heroics is the central one of human life...Society itself is a codified hero system, which means that society is everywhere a living myth of the significance of human life...Every society is thus a 'religion'..." -- Ernest Becker (September 27, 1924 - March 6, 1974) The Denial of Death (1973, p. 7) Of Ernest Becker's Pulitzer-prize winning The Denial of Death, Elizabeth Kubler Ross writes: "It puts together what others have torn to pieces and rendered useless. It is one of those rare masterpieces that will stimulate your thoughts, your intellectual curiosity, and last but not least your soul ..." In what I have written here, I hope you will be able to vicari...