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Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level.
- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
Chris and Kayla talk about a theory that underpins everything we'll cover this season.
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*Search Categories*
Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience
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*Topic Spoiler*
Terror Management Theory
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*Further Reading*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory#cite_note-GPS-1
https://www.ernestbecker.org/book-film-reviews/worm-at-the-core?rq=terror%20management%20theory
https://scholar.utc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1340&context=mps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Becker
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