Cultural-existential psychology :
Sullivan, Daniel, 1940-
Cultural-existential psychology : the role of culture in suffering and threat / Daniel Sullivan. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017. - xvii, 295p. : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Part I. Theory Part II. Research Part III. Implications
Cultural psychology and experimental existential psychology are two of the fastest-growing movements in social psychology. In this book, Daniel Sullivan combines both perspectives to present a groundbreaking analysis of culture's role in shaping the psychology of threat experience. The first part of the book presents a new theoretical framework guided by three central principles: that humans are in a unique existential situation because we possess symbolic consciousness and culture; that culture provides psychological protection against threatening experiences, but also helps to create them; and that interdisciplinary methods are vital to understanding the link between culture and threat. In the second part of the book, Sullivan presents a novel program of research guided by these principles. Focusing on a case study of a traditionalist group of Mennonites in the midwestern United States, Sullivan examines the relationship between religion, community, guilt, anxiety, and the experience of natural disaster
9781107480711 (pbk.) :
Psychology
Existential psychology.
Culture--Social aspects.--Psychological aspects.
150.192 / SUL
Cultural-existential psychology : the role of culture in suffering and threat / Daniel Sullivan. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017. - xvii, 295p. : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Part I. Theory Part II. Research Part III. Implications
Cultural psychology and experimental existential psychology are two of the fastest-growing movements in social psychology. In this book, Daniel Sullivan combines both perspectives to present a groundbreaking analysis of culture's role in shaping the psychology of threat experience. The first part of the book presents a new theoretical framework guided by three central principles: that humans are in a unique existential situation because we possess symbolic consciousness and culture; that culture provides psychological protection against threatening experiences, but also helps to create them; and that interdisciplinary methods are vital to understanding the link between culture and threat. In the second part of the book, Sullivan presents a novel program of research guided by these principles. Focusing on a case study of a traditionalist group of Mennonites in the midwestern United States, Sullivan examines the relationship between religion, community, guilt, anxiety, and the experience of natural disaster
9781107480711 (pbk.) :
Psychology
Existential psychology.
Culture--Social aspects.--Psychological aspects.
150.192 / SUL