The book by American psychologist and anthropologist Ernest Becker (1924-1974) “The Denial of Death” (Pulitzer Prize, 1974) has become a classic work in the field of psychology and philosophy. Becker analyzes how the fear of death affects human life and behavior, relationships with other people and society as a whole, and explains how the denial of death affects motivations and actions, and becomes the source of many problems and conflicts. The author brings together a huge range of fields - from psychology and philosophy to religion and the humanities, and draws on the works of Søren Kierkegaard, Sigmund Freud, Norman Brown and Otto Rank. The publishing layout of the book is preserved in PDF A4 format.