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We recognise love as our companion and protector and we now think that it may even shield us from death itself, at least while we're alive. 'Terror management theory' sounds oddly militaristic to the modern ear, but it was never intended to makes us think of politics. It was developed by psychologist Sheldon Solomon and his colleagues to help explain how we live with existential angst.
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