Ludwig Binswanger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Binswanger Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
[email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo > On Jan 21, 2014, at 9:54 PM, "michael sylvester" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The idea of Existential Psychology is floating in my brain computer but I > cannot seem to pinpoint whether there was a distinctive perspective in the > field.We have been familiar with Existential philosophy and literature but I > am in a daze as to a unique Existential psychology.Somehow or the other the > term Phenomenology ( of which there is both a philosophy and a psychology) > would seem to imply > a hint of existentialism,namely,a search for meaningfulness in behavior. > However,what was supposedly a school of existential psyhology at Duquesne U. > was more philosophy than psycholoy.The movement at Duquesne was led by a > group of Redemptorist priests(CSSR) from Holland/Belgium under Adriam Van > Camp (sp).As someone who did > undergrad studies at a Catholic Institution (Gannon U), some Catholic > institutions did not seem to differentiate between Psychology and > Philosopphy.Although the Gestalt perspective and its ancillary therapeutic > cousins Perls,Hefferline ,Rogers and Maslow branches focused on the essence > of existence (human),the only dude who would > seem to represent something that come close to an existential psychology > would be Victor Frankl with his logotheray.Fankyl- > a concntration camp survivor saw meaning and possibilities > from his nihilistic predicament.Chris mentioned that the Emmanuel > group predated Freud in paving a way for Freud and his movement > to catch the eyes of the public in the U.S.Existential philosophy > would have predated Existential psychology but I can not seem > to find the psychology except in the meticulous analysis of characters > in those so called existential literature noves.. > Will somebody help me? > michael > > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=32962 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-32962-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32968 or send a blank email to leave-32968-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
