Left Bank Books, the Ernest Becker Foundation, Veterans For Peace and Skidmore College present professor of psychology Sheldon Solomon for his new book, The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life.

More than a century ago, the American philosopher William James referred to the knowledge that we must die as “the worm at the core” of the human condition. Now, in a revolutionary book, The Worm at the Core, psychologist Sheldon Solomon presents Terror Management Theory (TMT) to explain how fear of death has a pervasive effect on our thoughts, feelings, and behavior, and reveals how we can better come to terms with death and learn to lead lives of courage, creativity, and compassion.