Ernest Becker

About The Author

After receiving a PhD in cultural anthropology from Syracuse University, Dr. Ernest Becker (1924–1974) taught at the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State College, and Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is survived by his wife, Marie, and a foundation that bears his name—The Ernest Becker Foundation.

Books by Ernest Becker

Escape from Evil
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Denial of Death, a penetrating and insightful perspective on the source of evil in our world.
Birth and Death of Meaning
Uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do.
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