num_pages: 142
description: This book contains reference to a number of Sontag's earlier articles on Becker. Becker won the Pulitzer Prize for writing The Denial of Death. His psychological/anthropological writings examined human nature and its tendency to religion. He proposed a self-made «hero religion», but his critique of the assumptions of modern social science equally make possible a return to traditional forms of the return of the Gods.
language: English
title: The Return of the Gods: A Philosophical/Theological Reappraisal of the Writings of Ernest Becker
titlecomplete: The Return of the Gods: A Philosophical/Theological Reappraisal of the Writings of Ernest Becker
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers