Written in 1975, this book by one of the founders of existential psychology responds to the latest developments.
Written in 1975, this book by one of the founders of existential psychology responds to the latest developments. For example, our society is hotly discussing whether it is necessary to protect religious shrines from encroachment, and Rollo May gives his answer: “Most people find it difficult to accept the truth about the connection between rebellion and religion. And therein lies… a paradox. Indeed, in the end, neither the one who sings the hymns of religion, nor the one who is most pious will be rewarded … Rather, the rebel will be rewarded … Jesus was a rebel, and for this he was crucified. Joan of Arc was a rebel, and for that she was burned at the stake. These people, like hundreds of their kind, were ostracized by their contemporaries, but subsequent generations respected and revered them for the creative contribution that they made to the development of culture — philosophy, ethics, religion …. Their knowledge, which caused their death, raised the level of spirituality and ethics of their contemporary society.
Translated from the English by Stanislav Plotnikov.
IOI, 160 p.