Ernest Becker

[arahant]

Given all of Coberst's quotes, I'm curious how people feel about the works of Ernest Becker...

[madnak]

Not completely worthless, but if we're making the mistake of only reading one theorist, he's pretty far down the list.

[soon2bepro]

Definitively valuable.

"[...]came to the recognition that psychological inquiry inevitably comes to a dead end beyond which belief systems must be invoked to satisfy the human psyche.[...]"

[Mickey Brausch]

[ QUOTE ]
Given all of Coberst's quotes, I'm curious how people feel about the works of Ernest Becker.

[/ QUOTE ]I'd be very interested to hear from the posters who think it's crap.

[Zeno]

I thought Ernest Becker was a Soccer Player (or fuooot-balling if you are Euro-trash).

Either way it does not matter, P.G. Wodehouse's work is better.

-Zeno

[madnak]

I voted "crap" because coberst is going way overboard. I'd bet most of the other votes are also related specifically to that presentation. Nobody really thinks he's crap.