ROLLO MAY (1970)
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| Rollo May |
Rollo May (1909-1994) was the best-known American existential psychologist, authoring the influential book Love and Will in 1969. Although he is often associated with humanistic psychology , he differs from other humanistic psychologists such as Maslow or Rogers in showing a sharper awareness of the tragic dimensions of human existence. May was a close friend of the U.S. German-born theologian Paul Tillich. His works include Love and Will and The Courage to Create, the latter title honoring Tillich's The Courage to Be.
May experienced a difficult childhood, with his parents divorcing and his sister suffering a mental breakdown. His educational odyssey took him to Michigan State College and Oberlin College for a bachelor's degree, teaching for a time in Greece, to Union Theological Seminary for a BD in 1938, and finally to Columbia University for a PhD in clinical psychology in 1949.
He spent the closing years of his life in Tiburon on the San Francisco Bay, where he died in October of 1994.
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Recommended Reading
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The Courage to Create by Rolo May. |
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