EXISTENTIALISM---CONTENTS of OUR EXISTENTIAL PREDICAMENT by JAMES LEONARD PARK
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
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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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