From its trendy urban centers to its ancient deserts, Israel's history
is based on the rich heritage of traditions and contradictions. It is
known as a start-up nation, with hospitable and warm interpersonal
relationships, and a steady high-ranked happiness level. Yet, its deep
political disparities and past traumas ripple beneath the surface of
its culture, with unyielding existential threats looming from its
neighbors and from within its borders. The turbulent Israeli
settingcharacterized by salient existential threats, issues of
identity and dialectic world viewsserve as a magnifying glass for
unravelling a variety of significant ways through which the human
fundamental motivation to find meaning in life is manifested._Finding
Meaning_ incorporates a conceptual framework for examining the
post-modern, sociocultural Israeli scene that facilitates and triggers
the search for meaning among its citizens. Combining theory, data, and
illustrative case studies, this book unravels a variety of significant
and fundamental manifestations of a quest for meaning under
existentialist duress, carefully navigating the cultural context of
post-modernist Israel. Written by experts in these areas, this book
offers new insights into this quest by suggesting a new construct that
weaves together the personal and cultural environment, highlights
several key processes and dimensions that appear to characterize this
search, and offers broad perspectives that contribute to the research
at these intersections._Finding Meaning_ is a pioneering book with an
insightful, innovative, and hopeful lens for academic, scholarly, and
some lay readers interested in meaning and contemporary Israeli
society.
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ISBN
9780190910372
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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