Choices for Living: Coping with Fear of Dying (Path in Psychology)

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Although many books are written about bereavement, very few are written about the fear of one's own death and most of these focus chiefly on terminal illness. In contrast, this book looks at the ways in which the fear of death operates on a back burner throughout our lives and how it influences the choices we make and the paths that we follow in life. The author presents a `moral hierarchy' of behavior used in coping with the fear of death and dying.

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Langner takes a wide view of the problem of man and the constructive and destructive ways he has of dealing with it. We all know, consciously or unconsciously that we are going to die. We have no direct evidence of an afterlife. In various events throughout life we experience our limitedness and to a great or lesser extent, sense our own mortality. We may or may not grasp the concept of the permanent state of non-existence that is death, but for most of us we know on some level it is an end.
Langner makes an exhaustive list, leaving no stone unturned, of the ways the human has of coping with his own finitude and temporariness and explores them all, drawing on the great works of the anthropologist Becker and the sociologist Durkheim, not to mention the comical works of Woody Allen. It is a well rounded work on the problem of our consciousness of death and dying and a good read for any arm-chair philosopher, and as well, I must assume, any therapist.
My only criticism is the brevity of the chapter on Procreation, which by the authors own admission is a sensitive subject for him (he has 6 children!).

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