Sheldon Solomon - Fear, Death and Politics
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Professor Sheldon Solomon is the Ross Professor for Interdisciplinary Studies at Skidmore College, New York. Professor Sheldon is one of the true pioneers in the fields of social and evolutionary psychology. Best known for developing terror management theory (TMT), along with Jess Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon and colleagues have revolutionised our understanding of how humans deal with their own sense of mortality and the often destructive effects of ‘death denial’ on individual and collective behaviour. An engaging speaker and raconteur, in more recent years Sheldon has turned his attention to how death anxiety might be related to the anthropocene and the insatiable appetite of humans for more, whether that be cheap energy or lethal consumption.
In this conversation we talk about why death denial is so pervasive, evidence underpinning TMT, death and the Hobbesian imperative in global politics, hope without optimism, Epicurus, Heidegger and much, much more.
Solomon can be found here: www.skidmore.e...
We discussed:
‘Death Denial in the Anthropocene’ In the book: K. Zywert & Stephen Quilley (eds.), Health in the Anthropocene: Living Well on a Finite Planet (University of Toronto Press, 2020): utorontopress....
The Worm at the Core: On The Role of Death in Life (with Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski) (Penguin/Random House, 2015): www.penguinran...
Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death (Free Press/Macmillan, 1973): en.wikipedia.o...
Flight from Death, 2003 documentary: en.wikipedia.o...
Sheldon's insight into the human condition is an amazingly enlightening bit of information that if taken correctly can benefit every thinking person.
"Disinclined to die".
There's a band name! 😊
I love Sheldon. Totally embodies ’pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will’
Sheldon for Minister of Brain!
I love Sheldon and you guys got some incredible insights out of him, I could listen to him all day.
Great discussion. Fascinating insights. Still bemused by those who recognize paradigms and how imprisoning they are but refuse to acknowledge the paradigms they remain trapped in.
Ideas that can change lives and change the world
Excellent Guest!!! 👏🏼👏🏼
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