Ernest Becker, Author of The Denial of Death

From a 1997 interview at [link] And when it comes to human behavior, while there are some uses of science in fields like economics and psychology, there is the problem of human free will that makes prediction extremely difficult. On this question of free will, as a member of a group called the mysterians [...]

Jim,
It does echo Rank. Though Otto Rank might have an issue with "even beyond personal happiness", which seems to be the neurotics view (with his "absolutized" happiness) of the creative.
Tommy
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"The trick is not to stop the sliding, but to find a graceful way of staying slid."
Stewart Dutfield
First and last paragraphs of long essay about his friend. The next-to-last sentence seems to echo Otto Rank. –Jim From The Times Literary Supplement May 12, 2010 [...]

In a story on North Korea this week on "On the Media" the scholar (B.Z. Meyer, prof. of International Studies at a South Korean university) they interviewed reference Ernest Becker for his understanding of why people largely remain extremely loyal to the NK regime.
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* This is a great summary of much of Becker ! :
All characterological defenses, fetishes and addictions are life-limiting attempts to fulfill personal strivings for creative heroism in service to the denial of death anxiety. Vince T Deabler, 2008. *
– ~~~~~~~ H. TALAT HALMAN, Ph.D.
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