a group of critics believe that “stray dog” is among the stories of hedāyat which is written under the influence of sartre’s existentialism. this story, following an existentialist outlook, depicts human pain and helplessness. “pat”, the stray dog, is a symbol of nostalgia which ruins our life. this paper tries to trace out the representation of the existentialism and sartre’s interpretation of...

Well dear readers, it is that time of year again when I report on the existential lessons I have learned attending the annual International Psycho-oncology Society (IPOS) World Congress. This year’s lessons, like many in existential philosophy, were difficult ones for me to integrate personally. But do not despair. The meeting was indeed full of hope, meaning, and science, as advertised. The 12...

This paper analyses the shift from constructivist to existentialist conceptions of authenticity in tourism. I argue that the existentialist approach represents a withdrawal from an ongoing and unresolved debate, rather than the reconciliation that it has sometimes been presented as. Such an approach has divorced the notion of authenticity from any inherent relationship to the act of touring. Ut...

Comments on the original article "Life is pretty meaningful," by S. J. Heintzelman and L. A. King (see record 2014-03265-001). Heintzelman and King explored meaning in life (MIL), which they acknowledged "remains, in some ways, a construct and experience shrouded in mystery" (p. 561). Unfortunately, they dealt with this complex topic in a very simplistic way. They claimed that "from an existent...

THE existentialist approach to psychiatric problems has gained considerable popularity amongst some groups of European psychiatrists, notably in Western Germany, France, Spain and Italy. In Britain and America the few papers that have appeared on this topic have not always been enthusiastic. The problems of psychiatry and psychology are slowly being formulated in ways that lend themselves to th...

HCI has borrowed some concepts from existential phenomenology, in particular Dreyfus’s interpretation of Heidegger’s philosophy. Not all concepts have been widely discussed, and it is urgently important to investigate further consequences of existential phenomenology on research and design of technology. ”Presence-at-hand” and ”readiness-at-hand” are two concepts that have been accomodated into...

The aim of this paper is to introduce and explain a number of important existentialist philosophers and concepts that we believe can contribute to a critical approach to leadership theory. Emphasis is placed on understanding the nature of communication from an existentialist perspective and so Jaspers’ conceptualisation of existential communication is introduced along with important related con...