Fleeing the Body: A Terror Management Perspective on the Problem of Human Corporeality

By Jamie L. Goldenberg, T. Pyszczynski, J. Greenberg, S. Solomon. 2000

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Subfields: Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Disgust, creatureliness and the accessibility of death-related thoughts (2007, background): “The present research supports the view that many biological entities and processes elicit feelings of disgust because they are associated with our animal nature, which in turn are associated with our ultimate mortality (Becker, 1973; Goldenberg et al., 2000).”
Why do people need self-esteem? A theoretical and empirical review. (2004, result): “Consistent with this reasoning, Goldenberg et al. (2000) showed that MS increased identification with one’s body as an important aspect of self among those high in body self-esteem and decreased monitoring of one’s physical appearance among those low in body self-esteem who nonetheless put high…”
Disgust: evolved function and structure. (2013, background): “For example, Goldenberg et al. (2000) implied that sexual avoidance functions to neutralize existential threats: " Because the human species has intercourse and reproduces just as other animals do, the physical aspects of sex make apparent our animalistic creaturely nature " (p. 206).”
Leaks, Lumps, and Lines (2011, background): “Objectification can be seen as part of the ‘‘flight from corporeality’’ (Goldenberg et al., 2000)—an attempt to convert the body from a part of the self into a thing or a project (Brumberg, 1997), as a way to provide distance from the threats discussed earlier, and perhaps as a way to exert control.”
The Malicious Effects of Existential Threat on Motivation to Protect the Natural Environment and the Role of Environmental Identity as a Moderator (2012, background): “This symbolically releases humans from the realm of mortal nature and may thus induce a sense of immortality and thereby buffer existential anxiety (Goldenberg et al., 2000).”
Self-Affirmation through the Choice of Highly Aesthetic Products (2012, background): “Specific to aesthetics, mortality salience increases both the perceived importance of attributes that denote physical attractiveness and also susceptibility to product messages pitching the ability to enhance personal attractiveness (Goldenberg et al. 2000).”
“Feminine Protection”: The Effects of Menstruation on Attitudes Towards Women (2002, background): “Another theoretical perspective, recently outlined by Goldenberg et al. (2000), suggests that human beings are inherently troubled by that which reminds them of their creaturely corporeal nature.”