Rollo May
Rollo May was an American psychologist, psychotherapist and writer (1909–1994). He was born at Ada and died at Tiburon.
Also recorded as Rollo Reece May.
Rollo May in brief
- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 1994
- Known for
- psychologist, psychotherapist and writer
- Place of birth
- Ada
Contents
Formation and teaching
Rollo May studied at Michigan State University, Oberlin College, Teachers College and Union Theological Seminary. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Philosophy. His recorded influences include Kurt Goldstein, Otto Rank and Henri Ellenberger.
Catalogued works
48 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1797 to 1996.
Love and Will. The Cry for Myth. The Meaning of Anxiety. 愛と意志. Suggestions to the counselor. The Reach of Mind. Amor y voluntad. Man's search for himself. Dreams and symbols. The courage to create. American politics and humanistic psychology. The Art of Counselling (Human Horizons). Creativity and the Diamonic. Developing Your Inner Resources (20290). Die Kunst der Beratung. Dimensions of Consciousness. El Dilema del Hombre / The Dilemma of Man. Existential psychologyy. Existential psychotherapy. Kjaerlighet og vilje. La Necesidad Del Mito. The ministry of counseling. My quest for beauty. Paulus: reminiscences of a friendship. Paulus-Tillich As Spiritual Teacher. The springs of creative living. Understanding and coping with anxiety. Violence and the Diamonic. Will, Wish, and Intentionally. The work and training of the psychological therapist. Power and Innocence A Search for the Sources of Violence. Paulus. Symbolism in religion and literature. Freedom and Destiny. Power and innocence. The Discovery of Being. The art of counseling. Psychology and the human dilemma. Politics and Innocence. Powers and innocence. Rollo May., dated 1994, held by Wellcome Collection. Anger, madness, and the daimonic : the psychological genesis of violence, evil, and creativity / Stephen A. Diamond ; foreword by Rollo May., dated 1996, held by Wellcome Collection. A psychology of difference : the American lectures / Otto Rank ; selected, edited, and introduced by Robert Kramer ; with a foreword by Rollo May., dated [1996], held by Wellcome Collection. An enquiry into City of Sydney refuse / by Rollo K. Newman., dated [1926?], held by Wellcome Collection. The comparative merits of alloeopathy, the old medical practice, and homoeopathy, the reformed medical practice : practically illustrated / by J.G. Rosenstein., dated 1846, held by Wellcome Collection. Practical remarks on hernia trusses : being a communication made to the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, on the 24th March, 1862 / by Joseph Arbuckle., dated 1862, held by Wellcome Collection. Notes of a diabetic case., dated 1797, held by Wellcome Collection. Epidemics, plagues and fevers : their causes and prevention / by Rollo Russell., dated 1892, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 65 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
May, Rollo, SpringerReference. Rollo May, Der Mensch in Zeiten des Umbruchs, 2023. Rollo May writes..., PsycEXTRA Dataset, 1972. Græme, Maj.-Gen. Ian Rollo, (23 May 1913–14 May 1993), Who Was Who, 2007. May, Rollo (1909-1994), psychoanalyst, American National Biography Online, 2000. Os paradoxos da existência e a psicoterapia: Rollo May e Kierkegaard, Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporânea, 2021. Processos Criativos em História em Quadrinhos: Descrição das Interações entre Roteirista, Desenhistas e Leitor, Palíndromo, 2013. Rollo as a discourse marker, Anuario de Estudios Filológicos, 2021. Reflexões sobre os usos do espaço como garantia para a criação de meninos e meninas pequenas Reflections on the use of spaces as a guarantee for the little boys and girls' creations, Pro-Posições, 2011. The Effect of Rollo May\'s Existential Psychotherapy on Death Anxiety, Loneliness and The Meaning of Life in Female Heads of Households, Taḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī, 2023. Angústia em Kierkegaard em Suas Diferentes Apropriações: Existencial-Humanista e Fenomenológico-Existencial, Revista Subjetividades, 2024. CONJUGALIDADE EM ATRITO: POSSIVEIS MOTIVOS NA MODERNIDADE LIQUIDA, Pretextos, 2023. The Effectiveness of the Therapeutic Package of Originality in the Three Worlds Based on Rollo May Existential Theory on the Resilience of Women with Marital Conflict, Taḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī, 2022.
Digitised editions and texts
8 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Psychology and the human dilemma (1967) — Internet Archive. Man's Search for Himself (1953) — Internet Archive. The Meaning of Anxiety (1950) — Internet Archive. The Springs of Creative Living (1940) — Internet Archive. Power and Innocence (1976) — Internet Archive. love and will (1969) — Internet Archive. Symbolism in Religion and Literature (1960) — Internet Archive. The Psychology of Rollo May (1977) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 29 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Rollo May studied at Michigan State University, Oberlin College and Teachers College. the recorded working language is English.
Kurt Goldstein, Otto Rank and Henri Ellenberger are recorded as an influence.
Employment is recorded with New York University, Harvard University and Yale University.
Distinctions recorded are Ralph Waldo Emerson Award.
Chronology
- 1909Rollo May born at Ada.
- 1940The Springs of Creative Living digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1950The Meaning of Anxiety digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1953Man's Search for Himself digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1967Psychology and the human dilemma digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1969love and will digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1976Power and Innocence digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1994Rollo May died at Tiburon.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Rollo May”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Consult the source - 2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1059597: Rollo May
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