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Ernest Becker (September 27, 1924 – March 6, 1974) was an American cultural anthropologist and author of the 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Denial of Death. Ernest Becker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Jewish immigrant parents. Serving in the infantry during World War II, he would help liberate a Nazi concentration camp. After he completed his military service, Becker attended Syracuse University in New York. Upon graduation he joined the U.S. Embassy in Paris as an administrative officer.[1] In his early 30s, he returned to Syracuse University to pursue graduate studies in cultural anthropology, and would complete his PhD in 1960. The first of his nine books, Zen: A Rational Critique (1961) was based on his doctoral dissertation. After graduating from Syracuse University in 1960, Becker began "the short 14-year period of his professional career" as a professor and writer.[2] Initially, he taught anthropology in the Department of Psychiatry at the Upstate Medical Col

Ernest Becker - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American cultural anthropologist, author (1924–1974) For other uses, see Ernest Becker (disambiguation) . Ernest Becker Born ( 1924-09-27 ) September 27, 1924 Springfield, Massachusetts , U.S. Died March 6, 1974 (1974-03-06) (aged 49) Burnaby, British Columbia , Canada Education Syracuse University ( BS , PhD ) Known for Death-centric perspective on human psychology, eliciting the creation of Terror Management Theory Notable work The Birth and Death of Meaning (1971) The Denial of Death (1973) Escape from Evil (197

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