Eulogy by a poet for a poet

May 13, 2010

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 Peter Porter 1929-2010 Clive James on the poet who talked for posterity If the eternal life in which Peter Porter did not believe had granted him permission to [...]

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Becker reference

May 6, 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. If you want to hear the segment, go to Taken from [...]

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Re: Creative Heroism

April 27, 2010

Talat, thank you. Vince D. – 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. V T Deabler, 2008. – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Feed Beck Group" group. Taken from the Ernest [...]

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Creative Heroism

April 26, 2010

* 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. Taken from the Ernest Becker Listserv Discussion Archives

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[Becker] Wittgenstein

April 25, 2010

Quote from Wittgenstein I just received: "Death is not an event in life: we don’t live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Our life has no end in just the way in which our visual [...]

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Fallen world

March 23, 2010

I also like the metaphor of the "fallen world". Think of it in terms of a Nash equilibrium – a state of affairs resulting from invidual decisions that make sense by themselves but add up to a far less than optimal outcome. Every participant can imagine a better outcome, but none can reach it because [...]

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Re: "PTSD Nation"

March 20, 2010

I read your article with interest and apprecation, and the attitude I try to take at 66 years of age, but still in good health and hiding in the woods and growing some of my own food, which I call "cheerful despair."   My initial reaction was that the entire world is a PTSD world. Many [...]

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"PTSD Nation"

March 19, 2010

Dear Becker List, My article, "PTSD Nation," was published today by Truthout.org. The URL for the article is [link] Beckerians may be interested, because denial is one of the symptoms of avoidance that characterizes PTSD. John Omaha, Ph.D. P.O. Box 1531 Taken from the Ernest Becker Listserv Discussion Archives

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My Personal Homesite: PeterXPark.com

March 17, 2010

As an challenge at life accountability and just to become an internet sensation until I can’t take it anymore and end up in a cabin in the woods, I’ve started my permanent online home site at Peter X Park (PeterXPark.com). Just in case you want to know the man behind the curtain.

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Ambrosio now at 3.4 rating!

March 9, 2010

Thanks for weighing in on Ambrosio. Some of the reviews are really worthwhile reading in themselves. —– Original Message —– From: Henry Richards To: GENERATIVE-DEATH-ANXIET…@LIS TSERV.ilstu.edu Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 12:02 PM Subject: Call to Arms re: Ambrosio’s Philosophy and Religion and the Meaning of Life Taken from the Ernest Becker Listserv Discussion Archives

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