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The Ethical and Existential Meaning of Beauty

open access: yesDEPARCH Journal of Design Planning and Aesthetics Research, 2022
Ethics and beauty have been neglected subjects in modern artistic and architectural discourse. These essential dimensions have been replaced by performative qualities and a manipulative aestheticization.
Juhani Pallasmaa
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A journey towards meaning: An existential psychobiography of Maya Angelou [PDF]

open access: yesEurope’s Journal of Psychology, 2021
This psychobiography focuses on meaning making in the early life and young adulthood of acclaimed African American author Maya Angelou (1928-2014) through the lens of Frankl’s existential psychology with a specific focus on the tri-dimensional nature of human beings and the fundamental triad.
Harisunker, Nadene, du Plessis, Carol
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Existential positive psychology and integrative meaning therapy [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Review of Psychiatry, 2020
The unprecedented changes in our society because of COVID-19 and the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) shows that our healthcare system and the medical approach to psychotherapy can no longer meet the mental health needs of society. This paper first described the negative impact of COVID-19 and 4IR on our mental health.
Paul T P Wong
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Existential Insights in Cancer: Meaning in Life Adaptability

open access: yesMedicina, 2022
Previous research demonstrated that the cancer diagnosis and treatment evoke existential concerns, especially ones related to meaning in life and meaning-making processes.
David F. Carreno, Nikolett Eisenbeck
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Biblical Hermeneutics and the Word about the Ineffable [PDF]

open access: yesPhainomena, 2023
Paul Ricoeur’s engagement with biblical hermeneutics and his critique of Rudolf Bultmann’s existential hermeneutics shed light on the complex relationship between language, meaning, and religious experience.
René Dentz
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The Present State of Existential Interventions Within Palliative Care

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Existential psychotherapy is rooted in the European tradition of existential philosophy. Existential philosophers include Husserl and Heidegger, who were German, and Camus, Sartre, de Beauvoir, and Merleau-Ponty, who were French.
Takeshi Terao, Moriaki Satoh
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Older Adults’ Experience of Meaning at the End of Life in Two Danish Hospices: A Qualitative Interview Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
The aim of this study was to explore how older adults (aged > 65) confronted with imminent death express their thoughts and feelings about death and dying and verbalize meaning.
Dorte Toudal Viftrup   +7 more
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Finding Meaning Amidst COVID-19: An Existential Positive Psychology Model of Suffering

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
The global COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis of suffering. We conceptualize suffering as a deeply existential issue that fundamentally changes people indelible ways and for which there are no easy solutions.
Daryl R. Van Tongeren   +1 more
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CONSUMERISM VERSUS THE CULTURE OF EXISTENTIAL INTELLIGENCE [PDF]

open access: yesChallenges of the Knowledge Society, 2021
The present study aims to investigate the possible difficulties that human beings (especially young people) face in finding the existential meaning in consumer society.
Elena NEDELCU
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Meanings of “the existential” in a Secular Country: A Survey Study

open access: yesJournal of Religion and Health, 2021
"The existential" is a concept that many people use albeit associated with different meanings. In order to increase research-based insight into the meaning of "the existential," we conducted a questionnaire study in Denmark in 2018 in which we asked 1.106 Danes of various age, gender, educational and geographical background about personal associations ...
Niels Christian Hvidt   +2 more
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