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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Meaninglessness"”.
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Practical Identity and Meaninglessness
… is still a dearth of literature on the topic of meaninglessness. This is surprising, given that a better understanding of the nature of meaninglessness may help to illuminate features of meaningfulness previously unobserved or misunderstood. Additionally, the topic of meaninglessness is …
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Depression and 'crises of meaninglessness' in the political-economic theology of the money-God
… this theoretical undertaking is that ‘crises of meaninglessness’ that pervade the collective body of Western contemporary societies have, as one of its consequences, the expansion of depression rates. Meaninglessness in contemporary times is the primary object of investigation of the thesis. The …
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Alienation and neoliberalism in Argentina and Spain: Between the malaise of meaninglessness and the impulse to resistance
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Trancending meaninglessness : seeking the meaning of life in the post-apocalyptic scenarios of J. Crace and C. McCarthy
… The Pesthouse and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Meaninglessness is analysed on a theoretical level in terms of evil. The thrust of the argument is that when approached in the appropriate manner, the dichotomy of good and evil can be transcended. Life can be bestowed with meaning even when …
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Exploring anomie in a special life-stage: adolescent anomie and aggression
… Feelings of normlessness, purposelessness and meaninglessness are among these emotions. These feelings of normlessness, purposelessness, and meaninglessness are often referred to as „anomie‟ by criminologists and sociologists. This study attempts to utilize Durkheim‟s theoretical model and …
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An Exploration of the Existential Orientation to Coaching
… including: isolation; freedom of choice; meaninglessness; and death are examined. These concepts are revisited in the interpretation of existential psychology as presented in Logotherapy and Humanistic Psychology. Finally, recommendations are presented for the coach with an existential …
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An evaluation of a university minority student retention program
… provided to black students decreased alienation, meaninglessness, and powerlessness of participants as compared to nonparticipants. Qualitative measures suggested that the three components of V-TASP differentially affected program participants reported alienation, meaninglessness, and …
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Roosting Time A Collection of Short Stories.
… human experience is revealed ; trivia and meaninglessness receive interpretation. Within this subtle linking of moments lies the pleasure of reading.
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The Drama of Alienation: An Interpersonal Examination of Edward Albee's The Zoo Story and Sam Shepard's Buried Child
… powerlessness, unpredictability, and meaninglessness) to analyze interpersonal relationships between those alienated on both levels.</p> <p>Two plays were chosen to exemplify how alienated people need close interpersonal communication. The Zoo Story, by Edward Albee (1959), shows how …
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Nike, feminism and rhetoric
… self-definition, agency and a sense of meaninglessness that preoccupy the modern citizen. Using magazine ads drawn almost exclusively from the periodicals Runner's World and Mademoiselle , this study demonstrates that it is through the rhetorical figures of the body and Nike's corporate …
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A qualitative study of the lived relational experiences of sex trafficked women
… Regard, (b) Existential Isolation, (c) and Meaninglessness and Meaning. This study emphasized the uniqueness of sex trafficked victims, an underlying presence of shame, potential issues related to an attachment base, and a protective factor in a supportive adult. The information gained from …
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Lashing Back At the Wind
… put characters in conflict with the inherent meaninglessness of existence and to investigate these characters' various reactions to these unsolvable situations. Several stories show that violence can be the output of this conflict because of the human tendency to employ what Kenneth Burke …
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Aldous Huxley : a study in a changing philosophy
… in his early years advocating a philosophy of meaninglessness and then, after becoming dissatisfied with such an interpretation of life, evolving a kind of pseudo-humanistic theory which he later discarded in favor of a mystical interpretation of the universe.</p><p>In addition to showing the …
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Psychoanalysis and Modernity: A Failure to Find Relief from Existential Terror
… angst, isolation from others, and awareness of meaninglessness. In this dissertation, I will argue that the broad shift from traditional culture based on Judeo-Christian religious beliefs and communal forms of social life to modernity represents a slow but destabilizing deterioration of the …
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Philosophical inheritances : Nietzsche and the twentieth century American novel.
… is an affirmative response to the seeming meaninglessness of existence; a worthwhile attempt to imbue life with perspective and meaning.
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Perspectives of People with Dementia: Experiencing Shame. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… a weakening sense of self, a loss of value, and meaninglessness. Thirdly, Relationship Matters involve issues around trust, feeling a burden, and the impact of past relationships on current levels of shame. Fourthly, Uncertainty and loss of control highlights the participants’ search for an …
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Heidegger and Nishitani: nothingness, nihilism, and the possibility of meaning
… and possibility of both meaning—and abiding in meaninglessness—is found in the unity of all three philosophical domains.
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Existential psychology as an ontological groundwork for counseling the elderly
… of loneliness, of freedom and responsibility, of meaninglessness in life. A systematic analysis of the complementarity between the concerns of the aged and those of existential psychology provided the foundation on which to articulate existential psychology as an ontological groundwork for …
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The federal civil servant as hero: the calling to governance
… their environment and themselves, a sense of meaninglessness and alienation, and an obliviousness to messages from their unconscious. Other people choose the journey of heroism. The heroic journey as portrayed in the heroic myth serves as a model for those people in search of psychological …
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