"The first in a two-part set, this book takes a deep dive into the history and theory of existential psychology. Beginning with a discussion of the 'existentialism and psychology problem', the book presents the philosophical and historical roots of existential psychology. It introduces the most important philosophical schools in the development of existentialism and their creators"--
The first in a two-part set, this book takes a deep dive into the history and theory of existential psychology. It presents the philosophical and historical roots of existential psychology. It introduces the most important philosophical schools in the development of existentialism and their creators.
The first in a two-part set, this book takes a deep dive into the history and theory of existential psychology.
Beginning with a discussion of the existentialism and psychology problem, the book presents the philosophical and historical roots of existential psychology. It introduces the most important philosophical schools in the development of existentialism and their creators, such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Sartre, as well as the literary roots of existentialism in the writings of Dostoevsky and Kafka and the important contribution of psychoanalysis and phenomenological psychiatry. The book then goes on to look at the existential psychology schools, including daseinsanalysis, logotherapy and existential analysis, the existential-humanistic school and the existential-phenomenological school.
Going beyond the questions of therapy and counselling that typically make up the study of existential psychology, the book offers the ultimate introduction for students and scholars of this fascinating and deeply rooted discipline. It may also interest professionals working in related fields.
1. Psychology and Existentialism
Part
1. Historical Grounding of Existential Psychology
2. Philosophy: Ontology and Philosophical Anthropology
3. The Contribution of 19th- to 20th-Century Lebensphilosophie, Theology and
Far-East Philosophy
4. Philosophy: Epistemology
5. Literary Roots of Existential Psychology
6. The Psychological-Psychiatric Antecedents and Parallels of Existential
Psychology: Psychoanalysis
7. Friends of the Family: The Contributions of Neo-Analytic Authors and
Humanistic Psychoanalysts
8. Bridges between Psychoanalysis and Existential-Humanistic Psychology
9. Phenomenological Psychiatry, Anthropological Trends and
Geisteswissenschaftlich Psychology
Part
2. The Schools of Existential Psychology
10. Daseinsanalysis
11. Logotherapy and Existential Analysis
12. The Existential-Humanistic School of Psychology
13. The Existential-Phenomenological School of Psychology
14. Leopold Szondis Fate Analysis: The Lost Existential-Anancological
School of Psychology
Zoltįn Kvįry, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, litterateur, linguist and expert in existential counseling. He is an associate professor at Eötvös Lorįnd University, Budapest, Hungary. His main research interests are in the history and theory of existential psychology and depth psychologies, eco-psychology, the psychology of creativity and psychobiographical research. He is an author of more than 70 articles, author and editor/coeditor of seven books and an editor of the journal Imago Budapest. As well as running his own private practice in Budapest as an existential therapist, he is the leader of a rock band and interested in ornithology.
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