Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
European Judaism
Angaben zur Quelle:
55,2 (2022) 114-124
Keywords:
Meaning (Philosophy)
;
Existential psychotherapy
;
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- Influence
;
Jewish philosophy
;
Jewish ethics
;
Existentialism
Abstract:
This article discusses key existential concepts, and Jewish principles within the context of the experience of the 2020/21 COVID pandemic. The premise of the article is that existential concepts, ‘existentials’, while always underpinning our lives, have been highlighted during this period of crisis, with significant potential resultant learning. This kind of process, learning about ourselves in response to the circumstances of our lives, the circumstances in which we find ourselves, is at the heart of the enterprise of existential psychotherapy. Do we find the roots of these concepts within Jewish thought and theology? How do fundamental Jewish principles and contemporary existential ideas sit side by side?
DOI:
10.3167/ej.2022.550209
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