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Death Anxiety
January 27, 2009
October 27, 2008
"Terror Management" or Death Anxiety or Existentialist Angst, oh my!
Well it seems that our fear of death is now being called "terror management" by social psychologists. That sounds more like a department of Homeland Security to me. Previously referred to as "existentialist angst" or "death anxiety" by existentialists, this is our fear of non-existence after death. So, what is the cause of "death anxiety"?
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