It's hard to fault a work which undertakes so successfully a synthesis of the collected thinking of psychology, sociology, anthropology, language, and religion all at once. I found myself asking over and over, "Is there more beyond this?" In the last 50 years, what revisions might be now made to Becker's thoughtful and imaginative conclusions? A combination of methodic reasoning (supported by dozens of thinkers) and diagnosis of the human hero-culture of insecurity, I find that most everything else I read is a minor exemplar of what he has already outlined. Remarkable.