Blogs about: Terror Management Theory

Perhaps it's Just Me.4 comments

mrs. neutron's garage wrote 2 days ago: So far there have been 36 hours of non-stop news coverage and discussion of the tornado that hit Moo … more →

Tags: Abortion, tornado alley, Scientific American, Moore Oklahoma, Talking Heads, Pope in Rome, plutocratic masters, birth control

Εξ αντανακλάσεως

beautyworkshop.gr wrote 1 week ago: Ξέρετε τι σημαίνει Doldrums; Αν όχι, ουδόλως πειράζει. Ούτε κι εγώ ήξερα, κι έμαθα, λίγο πριν το Πάσ … more →

Tags: Beauty, bw home, Family, Life, Anthelios, doldrums, αντηλιακό, Γιάννης Αδαμάκης, Γιάννης Κούτρας

Emily Dickinson's Poem, "My Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--"4 comments

Santi Tafarella wrote 2 weeks ago: I’d like to offer an existentialist interpretation of Emily Dickinson’s famously perplex … more →

Tags: death, Emily Dickinson, existentialism, God, Life, loaded gun, Poems, Poetry

The Metaphorical Imperative

BradOH wrote 1 month ago: Here at Brad OH Inc., I’m often asked why I write. Certainly, it’s a difficult question to answer. F … more →

Tags: abstract, Brad OH Inc., Ernest Becker, existential, God, Imperative, Inspiration, Meaning, Metaphor

How to Avoid the Fear of Death - Defining my Worldview: Part 3 - Capitalism2 comments

sirchutney wrote 2 months ago: What are worldviews and why are they important? Read on to find out …. by Graham Blackall As o … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Politics 2, World View, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, GDP, gross domestic product, economic inequality, capitalism, economic growth

Circular Journey

BradOH wrote 2 months ago: At Brad OH Inc. we can relate to a good underdog story. After all, you don’t become a corporation wi … more →

Tags: Short Stories, Afterlife, Brad OH Inc., College, dark carnival, Ernest Becker, ICP, Insane Clown Posse, Joe Bruce

How to Avoid the Fear of Death - Defining my Worldview: Part 2 - Politics4 comments

sirchutney wrote 2 months ago: What are worldviews and why are they important? Read on to find out …. by Graham Blackall As o … more →

Tags: Worldview, Left Libertarianism, Ralph Nader, Political Compass, Michael Moore, List of political parties in the United Kingdom, eco-socialism, libertarian socialism

How to Avoid the Fear of Death - Defining my Worldview: Part 15 comments

sirchutney wrote 2 months ago: What are worldviews and why are they important? Read on to find out ….   by  Graham Blackall  … more →

Tags: Worldview, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, social sciences, World View, Personality

Scarily Coming to the Centre: Political Centrism as an Effect of Mortality Salience and a Need for Closure.1 comment

Carlos A. Rivera wrote 3 months ago: During my doctoral research I performed three studies in experimental social psychology (namely, Pol … more →

Tags: political psychology, Ideology, Research, Politics 2, Centrism, Mortality Salience

Joseph Smith: The Original Mormon Terror Manager

JT wrote 5 months ago: Just finished the excellent book: In Heaven as It Is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Mormon Conquest … more →

Tags: mormon, Joseph Smith, Terror, Management, Samuel, Morris, Brown, Heaven as It is on Earth, Mormon conquest of Death

Death school

Becky wrote 6 months ago: College is a time for life lessons, growing up, learning what’s right, and living the good lif … more →

Tags: Experiential education, Student Life, tbirdnation, Suu, southern utah university, Utah, College, utah college, Cedar City

Credulous Thinking

dranilj1 wrote 7 months ago: How many times a day do you either cross your fingers, knock on wood, or worry that your good luck w … more →

Tags: Cognitive biases, Denial of Death, Superstition, greatness, Lord Voldemort, hutson, Dualism (philosophy of mind), List of Harry Potter related topics, Britney Spears

Beauty of the Human Psyche2 comments

dranilj1 wrote 8 months ago: Beauty of the Human Psyche East Asians are more likely than Westerners to react to reminders of thei … more →

Tags: Cognition, Philosophy, death, East Asia, Far East, Western World, yin and yang, Eastern Europe

Your iPhone, Creaturely Motives, and Prosthetic Identity3 comments

k1f wrote 8 months ago: “k1f” Kirby Farrell When tech makes you feel superhuman. Recently psychiatrist John Wynn … more →

Tags: pop culture, science and technology, Anthropology, Ernest Becker, Denial of Death, iPhone, Steve Jobs, prosthesis, social animal

Thoughts of death may be associated with a good life

Mason I. Bilderberg (MIB) wrote 8 months ago: via Examiner.com There has been a tendency to take the position that thoughts of death are associate … more →

Tags: Brain-works, human perception, educational, examiner com, Thought, national health, death, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Personality

Magnetized moments4 comments

throbbingsofnoontide wrote 9 months ago: In Peter Shaffer’s play, Equus, a psychiatrist tries to piece together the reasons why his pat … more →

Tags: writing, Biography, equus, Narrative, Life Stories, daniel radcliffe, Memory, Story, Stories

objective nihilism (reprise)3 comments

arranjames wrote 10 months ago: This time from Michael of Archive Fire. “Man can build his greatness on the nothingness that c … more →

Tags: Reflection, Addiction, Nihilism, extinction, objects, Schopenhauer, Zapffe, Speculative Realism, Catastrophia

Talk about alternative medicine--71-year-old uses Justin Bieber as inspiration to combat cancer!

gruesomegreg wrote 10 months ago: While undergoing treatment for advanced prostate cancer, a 71-year-old New York man has found an unl … more →

Tags: Music, In The News, justin bieber, Barack Obama, Celebrities, Peter “Senior Biebs” Johngren, Senior Biebs, Peter Johngren, 71-year-old Justin Bieber fan

I AM A MUSLIM

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