 By opening themselves to critical inquiry, they begin to learn how to emancipate themselves from what they "know" – they learn how to unlearn.In 1974, the cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker won the Pulitzer prize for "The Denial of Death" (1973), which was based on Rank's post-Freudian writings, especially "Will Therapy" (1929–31), "Psychology and the Soul" (1930) and "Art and Artist" (1932/1989).Becker's posthumously published book, "Escape from Evil" (1975) was devoted in large measure to exploring Rank's social psychology rooted in the idea of history as a succession of immortality ideologies.