A Slow Death: Scratching an Artificial Itch
hey scratched themselves to death over an itch that was only ever an illusion.
hey scratched themselves to death over an itch that was only ever an illusion.
In this episode of Will Work For Purpose, I speak with Julian, who is a blogger, frequent conversation partner on the Randos United YouTube Channel, and a Hutterite. Our conversation covers a broad number of topics from propaganda, politics, Christian doctrine, meaning-making, and religious experience. Given Julian's unique perspective, we were able to talk about familiar topics within religion and politics in a way that brings life back to them.
Often logotherapy is criticized on the basis that it is too hierarchical, placing the clinician in a place of power over an otherwise vulnerable individual.
Logotherapy has the potential to be used for more than creating a society free of mental disturbances as its application is not dependent on any neurotic behavior in particular but rather on underlying human universals, which all individuals share whether they have a disorder or not.
Logotherapy leans heavily on the philosophy of existentialism, a school of philosophy that focuses on distinctly and universally human characteristics such as death, identity, isolation, free will, and the meaning of life.