Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-269) and index.
1. Death, disavowal, and fantasy -- 2. Death, repression, narcissism, and misogyny -- 3. Super-ego, submission, and death -- 4. Birth, death, dread, and religion -- 5. Death and the Wolf Man -- 6. Transience, mourning, and the fear of death -- 7. Pleasure and death -- 8. Death, neurosis, normalcy, and massacre -- 9. Conclusions -- Addendum : on experimental studies in terror management.