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Existential Authenticity

Theory and Practice

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Jonathan Davidov

    1. University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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  2. Pninit Russo-Netzer

    1. Achva Academic College, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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  • Address the current lacuna in research on authenticity from an existential, psychotherapeutic perspective

  • Demonstrates how a non-mediated connection with lived experience might be established

  • Presents the conceptual framework for an understanding of existential authenticity

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Main Principles of Existential Thinking

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. ‘Everything Is Foreseen, and Permission Is Granted’

      • Jonathan Davidov, Pninit Russo-Netzer
      Pages 3-18

    4. Authenticity and the Four Universal Concerns

      • Jonathan Davidov, Pninit Russo-Netzer
      Pages 43-68

  3. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. The Therapeutic Model

      • Jonathan Davidov, Pninit Russo-Netzer
      Pages 71-82

    3. The Existential Approach in Practice—An Introduction

      • Jonathan Davidov, Pninit Russo-Netzer
      Pages 83-87

    4. Being-for the Client and the Phenomenology of the Subjective Experience

      • Jonathan Davidov, Pninit Russo-Netzer
      Pages 89-103

    5. The Being-Alongside Stage and the Client’s Universal Concerns

      • Jonathan Davidov, Pninit Russo-Netzer
      Pages 105-123

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 135-138
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About this book

This book draws on existential theory and original research to present the conceptual framework for an understanding of existential authenticity and demonstrates how this approach might be adopted in practice. The authors explore how a non-mediated connection with authentic lived experience might be established and introduced into everyday living. Drs. Jonathan Davidov and Pninit Russo-Netzer begin by introducing readers to the core theoretical concepts before illustrating how this might be applied in a therapeutic practice. It appeals to scholars and practitioners with an interest in existential psychology, phenomenology, and their broad implications.


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Keywords

  • existential psychotherapy
  • lived experience
  • Hermeneutic phenomenology
  • existential anxiety
  • subjective experience
  • authenticity
  • existential authenticity
  • existential psychology
  • therapeutic practice
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Jonathan Davidov

  • Achva Academic College, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Pninit Russo-Netzer

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About the authors

Jonathan Davidov is a teaching fellow at University of Haifa, research fellow at the Compass Institute for the Research of Meaning, Israel. Dr Davidov research interests are existential and phenomenological  psychology, and human behavior under extreme situations and in significant turning points in life. More specifically the research focus is on how people experience and adapt to crises, extreme situations and dramatic turning points in their lives, both on social (macro) and individual (micro) domains, including a special interest in authenticity and meaning-making in such context.  His previous publications include Identity, Self and Free Will in Total Institutions (2015).

Pninit Russo-Netzer is a researcher, author and senior lecturer in Achva Academic College and the University of Haifa, Israel. Dr Russo-Netzer’s main research and practice interests focus on meaning in life, positive and existential psychology, spiritual development, resilience and growth across the lifespan. She is the head of the Compass Institute for the Study and Application of Meaning and the head of the academic training program for Logotherapy (meaning-oriented psychotherapy) in Israel. She has published several books as well as scholarly articles and chapters, and serves as academic advisor and consultant to academic and non-academic institutions.



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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Existential Authenticity

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Practice

  • Authors: Jonathan Davidov, Pninit Russo-Netzer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07842-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07841-5Published: 20 November 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-07842-2Published: 19 November 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 138

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Phenomenology

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  • ISBN: 978-3-031-07842-2
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Hardcover Book USD 49.99
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