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Oct 25, 2018 · For example, Otto Rank was one of the first theorists to propose an existential perspective to understand human behavior by arguing for the existence of both life and death fears in human development and in persons’ relations with others (see Rank 1936, cited under Close Relationships ).
Nov 6, 2017 · Despite different emphases, existential perspectives see the human essence as characterized by three qualities: (1) the uniqueness of the human species and the individual; (2) the indissolubility of the person and the situation; and (3) the ubiquity of freedom and threat in human experience.
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Even in high school Frankl was developing a keen interest in existential philosophy and psychology. At the age of 16 he delivered a public lecture “On the Meaning of Life” and at 18 he wrote his graduation essay “On the Psychology of Philosophical Thought.” Throughout his high school years he maintained a correspondence with Sigmund Freud (letters that were later destroyed by the ...
- Chris Allen
- 2020
Mar 18, 2021 · This article introduces ‘existence theory’ as a new approach to sociological theory and research. Existence theory starts from the assumption that people organise their lives around a limited set of existential milestones. Cultural expectations are such that without the accomplishment of those milestones, individuals may experience their ...
- Patrick Baert, Marcus Morgan, Rin Ushiyama
- 2021
The heart and soul of the “existential phenomenological” research method is to be found in our “approach” (Giorgi, 1970), which involves how we understand the nature of our subject matter, as well as how we establish our means of access to it. Without this approach—which embodies a dis-tinctive “theory of science” (Dilthey, 1924 ...
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Dec 23, 2021 · The relationship between freedom and necessity – conceptualized in the dispute between voluntarist and determinist accounts of human action – is vital to a critical understanding of existential milestones (along with existential ladders and existential urgencies).
Nov 1, 2023 · Existential therapists may help via several evidence-based competencies: phenomenological and experiential skills, relational skills, explicating existential themes and processes, school-specific and meta-competences.
