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Escape from Evil

Examines men's efforts to escape from the fear of death by performing acts of human wickedness through socially-sanctioned institutions

Philosophical anthropologyPrimitive societies

RELEASED1975

PUBLISHERFree Press

LENGTH188

LANGUAGEEN

Ernest Becker

Ernest BeckerAmerican cultural anthropologist (1924–1974)

American cultural anthropologist (1924–1974)

Escape from Evil cover

4.3

Escape from Evil

Examines men's efforts to escape from the fear of death by performing acts of human wickedness through socially-sanctioned institutions

Philosophical anthropologyPrimitive societies

RELEASED1975

PUBLISHERFree Press

LENGTH188

LANGUAGEEN

Ernest Becker

Ernest BeckerAmerican cultural anthropologist (1924–1974)

American cultural anthropologist (1924–1974)

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