Escape from Evil by Ernest Becker (Audiobook) 

Unfortunately, hyperlinks can't be added due to the evil nature of humanity and bots ... Escape from Evil Ernest Becker Preface - 00:01:48 Introduction The Human Condition: Between Appetite and Ingenuity - 00:09:04 Extinction: The Dread of Insignificance - 00:15:36 Chapter 1 The Primitive World: Ritual as Practical Technics - 00: 23:51 The Logic of Sacrifice - 01:05:39 Conclusion - 01:10:30 Chapter 2 The Primitive World: Economics as Expiation and Power - 01:21:06 Economics as Expiation - 01:24:38 Economics as Power - 01:30:32 The Nature of Guilt - 01:40:09 Heroism and Repentance: The Two Sides of Man - 01:54:01 Chapter 3 The Origin of Inequality - 01:55:47 Power Figures and Power Sources - 02:15:20 Chapter 4 The Evolution of Inequality - 02:35:05 The Centralization of Ritual - 02:46:58 Conclusion: The Eclipse of Communal Ritual - 03:02:36 Chapter 5 The New Historical Forms of Immortality Power - 03:06:52 The Family and the State, or the "Sexual Era" - 03:17:08 The New Promise of the "Era of the Son" - 03:25:41 Chapter 6 Money: The New Universal Immortality Ideology - 03:36:04 The Demonics of History - 04:17:27 Chapter 7 The Basic Dynamic of Human Evil - 04:28:55 Chapter 8 The Nature of Social Evil - 04:42:24 The Mystery of Sacrifice - 04:56:21 The Logic of Scapegoating - 05:17:10 The Science of Man after Hitler - 05:34:28 The Two Sides of Heroic Self-Expansion - 05:48:49 Conclusion: Cultures as Styles of Heroic Death Denial - 06:02:07 Transference - 06:11:27 Chapter 9 Social Theory: The Merger of Marx and Freud - 06:13:20 The Nature of Man - 06:25:48 Contra Rousseau - 06:33:46 Conclusion: The Shape of Social Theory - 06:55:00 Chapter 10 Retrospect and Conclusion: What Is the Heroic Society? - 07:02:38 History - 07:07:18 Psychology - 07:30:45 The Science of Man - 07:42:23 Conclusion - 08:09:59

A phenomenal read. Props to the reader for taking the time to read this for those who prefer audio books. Becker was in my view one of the greatest philosophers of the modern era. Despite him having died decades before I was born, I cannot help but mourn that we lost such a great mind so young.

Narrating an audiobook is quite difficult and this amateur did a better job than experienced professionals on Audible. Excellent work.

Thank you for reading this. You have done it so well. I have to take in small chunks half an hour or so and then take a break. Contemplate, or listen to some music for a while, then reverse back 10 minutes and continue. So much wisdom here. Strange how meaningful it is to me and yet some people I have suggested it to say its boring.

Thanks so much for taking the time to provide this and you're human🎉

This is so cool! The truths hit me so hard I just laugh out loud! A very strange response. So awesome!

I tried doing this a few times with The Devil All the Time by Donald Pollock. As someone who's attempted to do this it's really harder than it looks . Good job on the audio .

Thank you so much for reading this monumental book for us. Your voice is very pleasant.

To paraphrase Elias Canetti, each organism raises its head over a field of corpses, smiles into the sun, and declares life good. ... LOL >>

Thank you, much appreciated, and well read too!

You did a really good job with the narration. It was excellent.

Becker's works were not properly appreciated until after death.

Thanks. You read this really well. Almost as good as a pro. Your voice is really animated and full of the authors meaning even though this is a really difficult book - I don't understand it all and I'm quite a bit older than you so I doubt you do. Somehow you manage to express it well - the machine voices are getting better but this is somewhat better than the best of them. Recommended.

Great book, great narration

Ok that was absolutely COOL! What about reading aloud the Birth and Death of Meaning -- Ernest Becker!!! You read so well!!!!

1:50 Preface 9:04 Introduction 23:56 Chapter1

Dude thank you

Good job five stars

Thank you!

Is there a place to donate for this narration? Great work! And thank you!

Thank You

Don't bring Becker up at Christmas , it will only destroy the holiday , just like when you brought up Morbid Angel in the late 80s. Great job on the book.

Denial of death hits harder than this text, I can see why he didn't want it published

Thanks

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