In the first chapter of the thesis the main thread of Ernest Becker's psychology, as it was expounded in The Denial of Death, is presented. In the second chapter Becker's interpretation of Soren Kierkegaard's psychology is put forward, and Becker's belief that his thought is in basic accord with Kierkegaard's is noted. In the third and fourth chapters Kierkegaard's understanding of human psychology, as it was presented in The Concept of Anxiety and The Sickness Unto Death, is summarized. The fifth chapter is a critical comparison of the psychological theories of Becker and Kierkegaard, in...
In the first chapter of the thesis the main thread of Ernest Becker's psychology, as it was expounded in The Denial of Death, is presented. In the sec...