have been painted ivory
to match the cover of the book in the fifth edition.
Loneliness, Depression, Anxiety, & Death
(ISBN: 978-0-89231-950-3; paperback)
(Library of Congress call number: B819.P37 2006)
This book reformulates the deepest form of human suffering,
which has been felt by sensitive human persons
since the dawn of consciousness.
In the earliest phases of human thinking,
this Dilemma, Predicament, or Malaise
was usually expressed in mythological terms.
But later philosophy and psychology attempted to explain our Malaise
using various philosophical and psychological models.
This book explores our Existential Predicament in the following forms:
existential loneliness, depression, absurdity, meaninglessness,
void, anxiety, splitting, guilt, death, despair, & insecurity.
Preliminary materials about the whole book:
Copyright page—SUBJECT classifications for this book
Chart: The Human Condition vs. Our Existential Predicament
From Our Existential Predicament to Existential Freedom
A Synopsis of each chapter
Closing materials related to the whole book:
Bibliography of other books describing our Existential Predicament
Bibliography of other books describing our Existential Predicament
—and its Solution.
The Contents of
Our Existential Predicament:
Loneliness, Depression, Anxiety, & Death
by James Leonard Park
The first page or two of any chapter will appear if you click the blue title.
The entire text of one chapter—the shortest—will appear.
Introduction
Transcending Our Existential Predicament 1
Chapter 1 Existential Loneliness:
Deeper than the Reach of Love 25
Chapter 2 Existential Depression:
Deeper than Psychological Depression 39
Finding Joy, Wholeness, and Fulfillment 52
Chapter 3 Existential Absurdity:
Is Life Worth Living? 53
Finding Harmony, Security, and Hope 68
Chapter 4 Existential Meaninglessness:
The Collapse of 'Meanings' and Illusions 69
Living in Daily Response to Existential Freedom 76
Chapter 5 The Existential Void:
Discovering Our Bottomless Emptiness 77
Joy 88
Chapter 6 Existential Anxiety:
Angst 89
Peace 150
Chapter 7 Existential Splitting:
Søren Kierkegaard's Sickness Unto Death 151
Fulfillment 164
Chapter 8 Existential Guilt:
Deeper than Moral Conscience 165
Chapter 9 An Existential Understanding of Death:
A Phenomenology of Ontological Anxiety 181
Chapter 10 Existential Despair:
Floating Down the River of Despair 253
Chapter 11 Existential Insecurity:
When all Security-Operations Fail 267
Afterword
Obstacles to Existential Freedom 275
Bibliography 309
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AUTHOR: James Leonard Park
TITLE: Our Existential Predicament
SUBTITLE: Loneliness, Depression, Anxiety, & Death
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER: B819.P37 2006)
NUMBER OF PAGES: 312
SIZE: 8-1/2 inches wide X 11 inches high X 3/4 inch thick.
PUBLISHER: Existential Books
PUBLICATION DATE: April 9, 2006
BINDING: aluminum screw posts (5)
BINDING: comb
BINDING: loose-leaf notebook
ISBN: 978-0-89231-950-3
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