The worm at the core
Subtitle: on the role of death in life
By: Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski
Contributors: Greenberg, Jeff, 1954-; Pyszczynski, Thomas A.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781400067473
Subjects: Terror; Fear of death; Death; Psychological aspects
Other titles: On the role of death in life
Description: Demonstrates how an unconscious fear of death motivates nearly all human goals, behaviors, and cultures, examining the role of mortality awareness in prompting social unrest and war.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Managing the terror of death; title: The scheme of things; title: Self-esteem: the foundation of fortitude; title: Homo mortalis: from primate to human; title: Literal immortality; title: Symbolic immortality; title: The anatomy of human destructiveness; title: Body and soul: an uneasy alliance; title: Death near and far; title: Cracks in the shields; title: Living with death.