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A Hopeful Reminder: You’re Going to Die

Fifty years on, Ernest Becker’s “The Denial of Death” remains an essential, surprisingly upbeat guide to our final act on…

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Howard S. Becker, Who Looked at Society With a Fresh Eye, Dies at 95

A sociologist, he challenged conventional thinking on matters as diverse as deviance, art making and marijuana use, and later found…

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Once the Prince of Tennis and a Prison Inmate, Boris Becker Starts Again

Becker, who is featured in a new documentary, is beginning a third act after serving eight months in prison. “I’m…

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