The fear of insignificance: searching for meaning in the twenty-first century

Making use of existential philosophy, the experimental results of existentialpsychology, and his twenty-five years of clinical experience in existential psychoanalysis, Strenger shows how the commoditization of the self has led to apersistent fear of a life devoid of significance. CARLO STRENGER is Chair of the Clinical Graduate Program of the Departmentof Psychology at Tel Aviv University, Israel. INDICE: Introduction: Our Historical Moment - PART I: THE DEFEAT OF MIND -The Years of the Golden Calf - 'Just do it', the Celebrity Culture and the Designed Self - The Defeat of Mind: Relativism and Pop-Spirituality - PART II: FROM THE I-COMMODITY TO THE DRAMA OF INDIVIDUALITY - The Drama of Individuality- From 'Just do it!' to Active Self-Acceptance - Paring Down Life to the Essentials: An Epicurean Proposal - PART III: RECLAIMING OUR MINDS - Escaping the Platonic Cave - Religion and Science: Civilized Disdain and Epicurean Laughter- Towards World-Citizenship and a Coalition of Open Worldviews

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11375-6
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 228
• Fecha Publicación: 03/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés