Rollo May

What if imagination and art are not, as many of us might think, the frosting on life but the fountainhead of human experience? What if our logic and science derive from art forms, rather than the other way around? In this trenchant volume, Rollo...

Since its publication, Existence has been regarded as the most important, complete, and lucid account of the existentialist approach to psychology. From the works of the leading spokesmen of the existential analytic movement, the editors have selected classic case histories and other writings to...

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...

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.Author: Rollo MayISBN-10: 0393330052ISBN-13: 9780393330052Publisher:...

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...

Rollo May defines power as the ability to cause or prevent change; innocence, on the other hand, is the conscious divesting of one's power to make it seem a virtuea form of powerlessness that Dr. May sees as particularly American in nature. From these...

Whether reflecting on war, psychology, or the ideas of existentialist thinkers such as Sartre and Kierkegaard, Dr. May everywhere enlarges our outlook on how people can develop creatively within the human predicament.Author: Rollo MayISBN-10: 0393314553ISBN-13: 9780393314557Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1996Pages: 238Format:...

Author: Rollo MayISBN-10: 1258045389ISBN-13: 9781258045388Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/18/2011Pages: 252Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d

Author: Rollo MayISBN-10: 1258148412ISBN-13: 9781258148416Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.53d

Extraordinary, wise, and hopeful... nearly poetic meditations.--Boston Globe What if imagination and art are not, as many of us might think, the frosting on life but the fountainhead of human experience? What if our logic and science derive from art forms, rather than the...

It happens almost daily in a therapist's office. A patient, recalling a person, an event, an emotion, quite unexpectedly supplies a link from a life in the present to one of the durable myths of our culture. In this moment, the myth becomes a...

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...

He pays particular attention to the causes of loneliness and isolation, and to our search for stability in an age of anxiety.Author: Rollo MayISBN-10: 0393312402ISBN-13: 9780393312409Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/1994Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.50d

When this important work was originally published in 1950-the first book in this country on anxiety-it was hailed as a work ahead of its time.In the revised edition of this now-classic study, the distinguished author of Love and Will deepens his exploration into anxiety...

Rollo May challenges the idea that "mental health is living without anxiety," believing it is essential to being human. He explores how it can relieve boredom, sharpen sensibilities, and produce the tension necessary to preserve human existence. May sees a link extending from anxiety...

When this important work was originally published in 1950-the first book in this country on anxiety-it was hailed as a work ahead of its time.In the revised edition of this now-classic study, the distinguished author of Love and Will deepens his exploration into anxiety...

2011 Reprint of 1950 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Text of original 1950 Edition. This book is the result of several years of exploration, research, and thought on one of the most urgent problems of our...