Man's Search for Himself

I got this book for 10 cents at a library used book sale. It sat on my book shelf for two years and I picked it up just to flip through it and it couldn't have been a better time. It is exactly what I was looking for, talk about a meaningful coincidence. It was written in the 1950's by the great exi......more

In this book, I noticed parallelisms between Rollo May's insights with those of Erich Fromm, especially on the aspect of freedom and irrational authority. But the difference is, May's style is rather free-flowing and spontaneous as contrasted with Fromm's somewhat repetitive with rigorously referen......more

In Man’s Search for Himself, existential psychologist Rollo May remarks that many modern people are “hollow” in so far as they experience only a vague and general sense of who they are and how they feel. May posits that this lack of “authentic” selfhood is due to a habitual avoidance of mortality an......more

My therapist recommended this book after noticing that our conversations tended to gravitate towards existential queries about the meaning of life. If you’re like me and find yourself in similar conversations, frequently asking what’s the purpose of anything or feeling stuck in a rut with life’s mun......more

Edebiyat, şiir ve felsefeden anlayan bir terapistin danışanlarından edindiği bilgiyi kendi bilgisiyle harmanladığı bir metni okumak ne kadar da zevkli. Bencilliğin kendini sevmeyle eşitlendiği, narsizmi gıdıklayan bir yönetimsellik düzeninde hayatın paradoksal bilgisini edinmek çok zor ve bu yüzden......more