The Birth and Death of Meaning Author:Ernest Becker Second Edition. The Birth and Death of Meaning is a thoroughly delightful book, literate, enlightening and stimulating. As an interdisciplinary perspective on the problem of man, it constitutes a very real contribution to a difficult subject. It is that rare thing among behavioral science books -- one wants to reread it the moment one h... more »as put it down. --Ashley Montagu« less