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Existential selves : freedom, chaos and the search for meaning / Susie Scott, James Hardie-Bick, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Existential psychology.
- Existentialism--Social aspects.
- Existentialism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 242 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2026]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Death at the Drop Zone: Existential Givens and a Lost Assumptive World
- Chapter 3: Sexual Subjectivity: Contesting Objectification and Humanising the Rapist
- Chapter 4: The Terror in the Terrorist: Existential and Psychodynamic Speculations on Relational Anxiety
- Chapter 5: The 'Good Death' vs. Chaos: Exploring Meaninglessness in the Context of Traumatic Bereavement.-Chapter 6: Giving Up the Hope for a Better Past: Making Meaning of Lost Time
- Chapter 7: The Fate of Prometheus: Hubris, Humility, and the Existential Condition of Humanity in the Age of the Anthropocene
- Chapter 8: Pain, Pops, Powerslams: Exploring how Gendered Identities are Navigated through the Embodied Experiences of Women and Trans+ Pro-wrestlers
- Chapter 9: The Affirmation of Life: A Study Comparing Nietzsche's Will to Power and Platonic Eros
- Chapter 10: Subjectivity, the They-Self, and the Contexts of Violence
- Chapter 11: Meaninglessness and Death in the Mass Observation of Everyday Mystery.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 17, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9783032113382
- 3032113385
- Publisher Number:
- 90104105276
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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