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Terror Management theory (Ernest Becker's Denial of Death) would suggest that these needs are based on the psychological desire to transcend death - making ones
by dpweb 10y ago
Terror Management theory (Ernest Becker's Denial of Death) would suggest that these needs are based on the psychological desire to transcend death - making oneself immortal - through gathering not only great wealth and status, but any achievement that would reach past that person's lifespan.
- Kadin 10y agoI find this explanation particularly compelling because it also explains a host of behaviors that have little to do with producing children. Khufu didn't build the Great Pyramid as a place for his kids to live in.