The Future of Death Denial

or, the fantasy that we no longer fear death

Authors

  • Jerry Piven Rutgers University

Abstract

Do people fear death? Do they still fear death? Isn’t that a thing of the past, when people were haunted by plagues and archaic terrors of demons, changelings, hexes, witches, succubae, and soap? Or an adolescent fetishistic gothic self-indulgence? Or the result of horrific trauma? Considerable research demonstrates that the dread of death floods us beyond conscious awareness, affects our perceptions and determines our sense of reality, permeates our lives, and infects the entirety of our being. 

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2024-10-24

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Piven, J. . (2024). The Future of Death Denial: or, the fantasy that we no longer fear death. Free Associations, (92). Retrieved from https://freeassociations.org.uk/FA_New/OJS/index.php/fa/article/view/489

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No. 92 (2024): Free Associations

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