Psychology and the Human Dilemma

Psychology and the Human Dilemma
Author: Rollo May
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1979
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780393314557

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In this paperback reissue, May discusses our loss of our personal identity in the contemporary world, the sources of our anxiety, the scope of phychotherapy, and the ultimate paradox of freedom and responsibility. Whether reflecting on war, psychology, or the ideas of existentialist thinkers such as Sartre and Kierkegaard, Dr. May enlarges our outlook on how people can develop creatively within the human predicament.

The Human Dilemma

The Human Dilemma
Author: P E R
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages:
Release: 1942-07-07
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780800243555

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Freedom and Destiny

Freedom and Destiny
Author: Rollo May
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1999-01-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0393346978

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The popular psychoanalyst examines the continuing tension in our lives between the possibilities that freedom offers and the various limitations imposed upon us by our particular fate or destiny. "May is an existential analyst who deservedly enjoys a reputation among both general and critical readers as an accessible and insightful social and psychological theorist. . . . Freedom's characteristics, fruits, and problems; destiny's reality; death; and therapy's place in the confrontation between freedom and destiny are examined. . . . Poets, social critics, artists, and other thinkers are invoked appropriately to support May's theory of freedom and destiny's interdependence."—Library Journal "Especially instructive, even stunning, is Dr. May's willingness to respect mystery. . . .There is, too, at work throughout the book a disciplined yet relaxed clinical mind, inclined to celebrate . . . what Flannery O'Connor called 'mystery and manners,' and to do so in a tactful, meditative manner."—Robert Coles, America

Psychology, Folklore, Creativity, and the Human Dilemma

Psychology, Folklore, Creativity, and the Human Dilemma
Author: Julius Ernest Heuscher
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2003
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0398074119

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"The author explores the meaning of folklore and its usefulness in education and psychotherapy. The book aims for deepening the awareness of our ultimate human concerns, the meaning of authenticity, and the urgent need for radical, long-term commitments. Throughout the book there is both the hidden and the overt implication that simply liking, appreciating or agreeing with insightful ideas and suggestions presented by anyone are absolutely worthless, or may even be counterproductive if the readers do not translate into changes and actions the ideas that are most meaninful to them."

Man's Search for Himself

Man's Search for Himself
Author: Rollo May
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2009-02-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0393347001

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"Analyzes life as we are living it, and the analysis is truthful and profound."--New York Times Loneliness, boredom, emptiness: These are the complaints that Rollo May encountered over and over from his patients. In response, he probes the hidden layers of personality to reveal the core of man's integration--a basic and inborn sense of value. Man's Search for Himself is an illuminating view of our predicament in an age of overwhelming anxieties and gives guidance on how to choose, judge, and act during such times.

The Discovery of Being

The Discovery of Being
Author: Rollo May
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2015-05-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 039334696X

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“Clear, accurate, and interesting. There is no better short introduction to the existential approach to psychology.” —Dallas Morning News The brilliant psychologist Rollo May was a major force in existential psychology. Here, he brings together the ideas of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and other great thinkers to offer insights into its ideas and techniques. He pays particular attention to the causes of loneliness and isolation and to our search to find new and firm moorings in order to move toward a future where responsibility, creativity, and love can play a role.

The Dilemma of Psychology

The Dilemma of Psychology
Author: Lawrence Leshan
Publisher: Allworth
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781581152517

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Featuring a new introduction by Dr. Stanley Krippner—coeditor of the best-selling Broken Images, Broken Selves—this expanded edition of The Dilemma of Psychology reveals why more than 100 years of psychology and armies of psychotherapists have not helped to solve humanity's most pressing issues. Uncompromising, yet with a deep passion for his field, Lawrence LeShan talks about the expectations that rose with the birth of psychology, how the new science started off on the wrong foot, and why it might still be the only tool to solve the deepest issues of our time: war, pollution, and overpopulation. In order to improve the human condition, LeShan argues, psychology has to make humanity and human life its focus. Witty and full of imaginative examples.

Power and Innocence

Power and Innocence
Author: Rollo May
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780393317039

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Stressing the positive, creative aspects of power and innocence, Rollo May offers a way of thinking about the problems of contemporary society. He discusses five levels of power's potential in each individual, what each is, how it works, and more.

Love & Will

Love & Will
Author: Rollo May
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2011-03-07
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0393078779

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"An extraordinary book on sex and civilization....An important contribution to contemporary morality."—Newsweek The heart of man's dilemma, according to Rollo May, is the failure to understand the real meaning of love and will, their source and interrelation. Bringing fresh insight to these concepts, May shows how we can attain a deeper consciousness.