Psychological theory positing that much of what we do and how we behave is ultimately driven by an unconscious fear of our inevitable future death — that most of society’s existential angst can be explained by this gnawing sense of uncertainty and a motivation to avoid having to think about this unpleasant truth.
Relation to:
- Ernest Becker — The Denial of Death
- the death wish
- self-destructiveness
- thrill seeking
- “moth to a flame”
- attraction to danger
- drug addiction and the addiction cycle more generally
- death cults
- End Times
- preppers and survivalists
- paranoia
- Eternal Rome
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