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Book SynopsisA fundamental aspect of being human is knowing that one day we will die. In this thought-provoking addition to the Herzliya Series on Personality and Social Psychology, a group of international theorists and clinicians investigates a variety of existential concerns.
Table of ContentsContributors
Preface
Introduction
Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer
I. The Problem of Finitude
- Terror Management Theory: From Genesis to Revelations
Jeff Greenberg
- Helplessness: A Hidden Liability Associated With Failed Defenses Against Awareness of Death
Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver
- A Significant Contributor to a Meaningful Cultural Drama: Terror Management Research on the Functions and Implications of Self-Esteem
Jamie Arndt
- Culture, Ideology, Morality, and Religion: Death Changes Everything
Tom Pyszczynski and Pelin Kesebir
- A Body of Terror: Denial of Death and the Creaturely Body
Jamie L. Goldenberg
- The Impermanence of All Things: An Existentialist Stance on Personal and Social Change
Gilad Hirschberger and Dan Shaham
II. The Threat of Meaninglessness
- Meaning: Ubiquitous and Effortless
Laura A. King
- Religion as a Source of Meaning
Crystal L. Park and Donald Edmondson
- Becoming and Developing: Personal Growth in the Wake of Parenthood and Grandparenthood
Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari
- Deriving Solace From a Nemesis: Having Scapegoats and Enemies Buffers the Threat of Meaninglessness
Mark J. Landau, Daniel Sullivan, Zachary K. Rothschild, and Lucas A. Keefer
- Terrorism as Means to an End: How Political Violence Bestows Significance
Arie W. Kruglanski, Michele Gelfand, and Rohan Gunaratna
III. The Challenge of Freedom
- Beyond Illusions and Defense: Exploring the Possibilities and Limits of Human Autonomy and Responsibility Through Self-Determination Theory
Richard M. Ryan, Nicole Legate, Christopher P. Niemiec, and Edward L. Deci
- Conditional Regard in Close Relationships
Yaniv Kanat-Maymon, Guy Roth, Avi Assor, and Abira Reizer
- Removing the Constraints on Our Choices: A Psychobiological Approach to the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Techniques
Nava Levit Binnun, Rachel Kaplan Milgram, and Jacob Raz
- Choice, Freedom, and Autonomy
Barry Schwartz
IV. Connection Versus Isolation and Loneliness
- An Attachment Perspective on Coping With Existential Concerns
Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer
- Ostracism: The Impact of Being Rendered Meaningless
Kipling D. Williams
- Why People Die By Suicide: Further Development and Tests of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior
Thomas E. Joiner Jr. and Caroline Silva
V. Overcoming Existential Threats and Challenges
- The Case of Allison: An Existential-Integrative Inquiry Into Death Anxiety, Groundlessness, and the Quest for Meaning and Awe
Kirk J. Schneider
- Separation Theory and Voice Therapy Methodology
Robert W. Firestone and Lisa Firestone
- Acceptance and Commitment to Chosen Values in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Iftah Yovel and Noa Bigman
VI. Synthesis
- The Social Psychology of Meaning, Mortality, and Choice: An Integrative Perspective on Existential Concerns
Sheldon Solomon
Index
About the Editors
