The meaning of anxiety

Summary: "When this important work was originally published in 1950-the first book in this country on anxiety-it was hailed as a work ahead of its time. In the revised edition of this now-classic study, the distinguished author of Love and Will deepens his exploration into anxiety theory. Dr. May challenges the idea that mental health means living without anxiety, and he explores anxiety's potential for self-realization as well as ways to avoid its destructive aspects." --from the publisher

Record details

ISBN: 9780393350876 (pbk)
Physical Description: print
xxii, 432 p. ; 21 cm.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1996, c1977.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Reissued in a Norton paperback edition 1996"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	pt. 1. Modern interpretations of anxiety. Anxiety in mid-twentieth century -- Philosophical interpreters of anxiety -- Anxiety interpreted biologically -- Anxiety interpreted psychologically -- Anxiety interpreted by the psychotherapists -- Anxiety interpreted culturally -- Summary and synthesis of theories of anxiety.