RELIGST 2M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Denial Of Death, Ernest Becker, Opendocument
2 Mar 2020
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In malinowskis view, the most significant view of religion is to ease death anxiety. Repression takes care of the complex symbol of death for most people. But its disappearance doesn"t mean that the fear was never there. The argument of those who believe in the universality of terror of death rests its case mostly on what we know about how effective repression is . Becker outlines two principles views about the fear of death. First, the healthy minded argument, states that this fear of death is a social construction it is something that emerges out of society. For example, children raised in a sheltered environment by loving mothers will develop notions of trust and security. error sed rity. in a sheltered environment by loving mothers will develop notions of trust and security. They cannot imagine separation or loss during infancy, and when older will accept death as a fact of life.
