Loneliness in Philosophy Psychology and Literature

<p>Drawing on the fields of psychology literature and philosophy <i>Loneliness in Philosophy Psychology and Literature</i> argues that loneliness has been the universal concern of mankind since the Greek myths and dramas the dialogues of Plato and the treatises of Aristotle.</p><p>Author Ben Lazare Mijuskovic whose insights are culled from both his theoretical studies and his practical experiences contends that loneliness has constituted a universal theme of Western thought from the Hellenic age into the contemporary period. <i>In Loneliness in Philosophy Psychology and Literature</i> he shows how man has always felt alone and that the meaning of man is loneliness.</p><p>Presenting both a discussion and a philosophical inquiry into the nature of loneliness Mijuskovic cites examples from more than one hundred writers on loneliness including Erich Fromm Frieda Fromm-Reichmann Clark Moustakas Rollo May and James Howard in psychology; Thomas Hardy Joseph Conrad James Joyce Thomas Wolfe and William Golding in literature; and Descartes Kant Kierkegaard Nietzsche and Sartre in philosophy.</p><p>Insightful and comprehensive <i>Loneliness in Philosophy Psychology and Literature</i> demonstrates that loneliness is the basic nature of humans and is an unavoidable condition that all must face.</p>