# The Birth and Death of Meaning

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- Authors: [Ernest Becker](https://www.bookquiver.com/ernest-becker)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 1971-09-01

## Description

Uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do.

## Editions

### The Birth and Death of Meaning

- Publisher: Free Press
- ISBN: 978-00-2902-190-3
- Published: 1971-09-01
- Language: en_US