Illuminating the Role
of Death in Life

September 2023

The EBF Mortality Awareness Preparedness (MAP) project seeks to familiarize individuals and groups with the way death anxiety can operate in human lives. This work is predominantly informed by Terror Management Theory (TMT), the branch of social psychology that grew out of Becker’s writings.

With this guide we hope to help advocates for social change utilize a lens of death anxiety to better inform persuasive communication, especially on topics that inherently remind people of their mortality. 

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The Living Legacy

After 30 years of advancing the understanding of death anxiety and denial, the EBF closed its doors in 2023.

However, the the International Society for the Science of Existential Psychology (ISSEP.org) continues to honor the legacy of Ernest Becker and the EBF.

Since 2023, ISSEP maintains this website, publishes original Becker-related content, and offers the Ernest Becker Honors:

Visit ISSEP to learn more.

 

EBF Data Blitz - New Research in Terror Management Theory

April 7, 2023

Join us for an Ernest Becker Foundation "data-blitz": researchers will present short 5-minute presentations demonstrating the diversity and creativity of current research in Terror Management Theory (TMT), the field of research derived from Ernest Becker's work.

Ernest Becker, Otto Rank, and Psychotherapy

Feb 10, 2023

Join the Ernest Becker Foundation for a discussion with the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis on the overlap of Ernest Becker, Otto Rank, and psychotherapy.

Ernest Becker and Education

November 16, 2022

Join us as we talk to three teachers who have used Becker's ideas in the classroom. They discuss how students react to the material, what impact it has had, and why they believe these ideas are important and helpful in a teaching context. Panel discussion followed by Q&A.

 

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