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The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon
4.0 AVERAGE
54 reviews for:
The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon
4.0 AVERAGE
I had to read this book for class otherwise I don't think I would have read it. It's depressing and generally not a fun read. It took me forever to finish. I just finished it today because I have a midterm due on it tomorrow.
DNF: I was really enjoying this book to better understand some death anxiety I've been dealing with. The insights in this book really helped me work through some things. However, I didn't end up finishing it. I put it down for a while and might pick it back up later on
The book contains interesting ideas, which largely repeat Ernest Becker's. In the introduction, the authors describe their efforts to work out a scientific foundation for their theory. However, the following chapters are full of dubious claims and doubtful research findings which are never clearly described.
The authors also do not shy away from drawing on non-scientific sources that support their conclusions, which ultimately weaken them. The further you get, the more far-fetched the ideas, many of them connecting other theories - which the authors do not always seem to understand well - to their TMT-framework in a forced and deliberate way. Ultimately, this could have been a 20-page book.
The authors also do not shy away from drawing on non-scientific sources that support their conclusions, which ultimately weaken them. The further you get, the more far-fetched the ideas, many of them connecting other theories - which the authors do not always seem to understand well - to their TMT-framework in a forced and deliberate way. Ultimately, this could have been a 20-page book.
This is such a damn good book. The authors pick up where Earnest Becker left off with his phenomenal book The Denial of Death. The authors wanted to see if they could set up experiments to prove Earnest Becker right by showing how just about everything we do in life is based on our fear of death. Throughout the book, the authors discuss some fantastic experiments they’ve done and show how a person’s perspectives and actions change based on whether or not they’ve been reminded of death. It’s actually kind of scary when we get to the ingroup vs. outgroup topics.
My only criticism of this book is that there are times where they discuss a human behavior but don’t really connect the dots and explain what it has to do with our fear of death. It’s rare that happens in the book, but I noticed it a few times. You’re just kind of expected to believe them whereas other topics have studies to back them up.
Overall, fantastic book, and you should definitely read it.
My only criticism of this book is that there are times where they discuss a human behavior but don’t really connect the dots and explain what it has to do with our fear of death. It’s rare that happens in the book, but I noticed it a few times. You’re just kind of expected to believe them whereas other topics have studies to back them up.
Overall, fantastic book, and you should definitely read it.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
For a book about one of the most visceral and intimate parts of human life, the writing felt oddly detached and clinical. The book is more like a collection of pseudo-anthropological anecdotes and many psychological studies that would probably fall under the "replication crisis" umbrella. Less Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and more Jared Diamond, I wouldn't recommend.
Recuerdo haber escuchado en algún podcast que Sheldon Solomon y sus colegas esperaban conseguir un mayor impacto con la publicación de este libro, y tras haberlo leído creo que tienen razón.
"The worm at the core" es un libro que, a pesar de sus problemas, es capaz de llevar al lector a una reflexión profunda sobre el rol que la muerte puede tener en la vida de un individuo sin hacer que el libro se sienta denso o innecesariamente complicado (a diferencia de La negación de la muerte de Ernest Becker).
Este libro busca introducirnos a la Terror management Theory y por medio de diversos experimentos mostrar su veracidad y posibles consecuencias. Los experimentos descritos a lo largo de esta obra no son perfectos y posiblemente tengan diversos errores metodológicos, pero a pesar de ello creo que es una obra necesaria de leer, dada las preguntas y reflexiones que pueden surgir a partir de su lectura.
En esta obra no solamente se invita a lector a reflexionar sobre la muerte, sino también a cuestionar sus creencias y visiones del mundo, así como la forma en la que nos relacionamos con aquellos que no las comparten con nosotros.
En resumen nos encontramos ante una obra que si bien no es perfecta, si nos induce a una reflexión importante para nuestro desarrollo personal, y que nos invita a llegar a nuestras propias conclusiones sobre como vivir con la idea de nuestra inminente muerte.
"The worm at the core" es un libro que, a pesar de sus problemas, es capaz de llevar al lector a una reflexión profunda sobre el rol que la muerte puede tener en la vida de un individuo sin hacer que el libro se sienta denso o innecesariamente complicado (a diferencia de La negación de la muerte de Ernest Becker).
Este libro busca introducirnos a la Terror management Theory y por medio de diversos experimentos mostrar su veracidad y posibles consecuencias. Los experimentos descritos a lo largo de esta obra no son perfectos y posiblemente tengan diversos errores metodológicos, pero a pesar de ello creo que es una obra necesaria de leer, dada las preguntas y reflexiones que pueden surgir a partir de su lectura.
En esta obra no solamente se invita a lector a reflexionar sobre la muerte, sino también a cuestionar sus creencias y visiones del mundo, así como la forma en la que nos relacionamos con aquellos que no las comparten con nosotros.
En resumen nos encontramos ante una obra que si bien no es perfecta, si nos induce a una reflexión importante para nuestro desarrollo personal, y que nos invita a llegar a nuestras propias conclusiones sobre como vivir con la idea de nuestra inminente muerte.
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Interesting premise, but the book was very west-centric and felt incomplete. Good as an introduction, bad as a deep dive.