How Am I Not Myself?” Despair in Sickness Unto Death as Misguided Attempts Toward Self-Actualization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9020848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cody L Oaks (St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 110-121 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022167814554004 |
| OpenAlex | W2035370495 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article is an attempt at a creative exegesis of Kierkegaard’s diagnosis of despair in Sickness Unto Death, that is, the overextension of the self into one side of the polarities of personality that should be a synthesis: infinity, finitude, and possibility–necessity are explored. For each instance of despair, I provide concrete examples of how this type of despair manifests itself in everyday life and in our current cultural context. Finally, the role of faith, as a means to curb despair and allow the self to actualize, is discussed over against the attempt to assert the self as an act of defiance
Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Faith · Personality · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Self · Self-Actualization · Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |