ROLLO MAY: EXISTENTIAL THEORY Flashcards
to emerge or to become
Existence
suggests process
Existence
refers to a product
Essence
associated with growth and change
Existence
signifies stagnation and finality
Essence
people are both _____ and ______ and must search for truth by living active and authentic lives.
subjective and objective
two basic concepts of existentialism
being-in-the-world and nonbeing
we exist in a world that can be best understood from our own perspective
Being-in-the-world
to exist there
Dasein
people experience three simultaneous modes in their being-in-the-world
Umwelt
Mitwelt
Eigenwelt
environment around us
Umwelt
relations with other people
Mitwelt
relationship wth our self
Eigenwelt
nothingness
Nonbeing
the subjective state of the individual’s becoming aware that his existence can be destroyed, that he can become nothing.
Anxiety
it is the dizziness of freedom
Anxiety
proportionate to the threat, does not involve repression, and can be confronted constructively on the conscious level
Normal Anxiety
disproportionate to the threat, involves repression and other forms of intrapsychic conflict
Neurotic Anxiety
arises when people deny their potentialities, fall to accurately perceive the needs of fellow humans, or remain oblivious to their dependence on the natural world
Guilt
both anxiety and guilt are _______
Ontological
refers to the nature of being and not to feelings arising from specific situations or transgressions
Ontological
allows people to make decisions about the future
Intentionality
to recognize that person as a fellow human being, to identify with that person’s pain or joy, guilt, or pity. it is a state in which something does matter.
Care
delight in the presence of the other person and an affirming of that person’s value and development as much as one’s own
Love
the capacity to organize one’s self so that movement in a certain direction or toward a certain goal may take place
Will
four kinds of love in Western Tradition
Sex, Eros, Philia, Agape
biological function that can be satisfied through sexual intercourse or some other release of sexual tension.
manipulating organs.
desire to experience pleasure.
Sex
psychological desire that seeks procreation or creation through an enduring union with a loved one.
making love.
the wish to establish a lasting union.
Eros
an intimate nonsexual friendship between two people.
can’t be rushed.
slowly evolving love between siblings or lifelong friends.
Philia
esteem for the other
concern for the other’s welfare beyond any gain that one can get out of it
disinterested love
Agape
comes from an understanding of our destiny.
the possibility of changing.
Freedom
two forms of freedom
Freedom of Doing
Freedom of Being
freedom of doing
Existential Freedom
freedom of being
Essential Freedom
the design of the universe speaking through the design of each one of us
Destiny
ultimate destiny
Death
the stories that unify a society
Myths
