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Theocentric Significance of Loneliness as a Psychological Problem in the Maritime Business

Author(s): Saulius Lileikis
Subject(s): Psychology of Self, Behaviorism, Social Theory, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Visuomeninė organizacija »LOGOS«
Keywords: Seafarer; loneliness; psychology; monotheism; theocentrism;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the psychological problem of loneliness in the maritime business, which has traditionally been a major issue, the extent of which depends on political and technological changes, reductions of a ship’s crew, and the usual maritime economism. Research on loneliness and other similar problems faced by employees of the maritime business is usually limited to psychological and medical aspects. A positive theocentric approach, which could valuably enrich the secularized psychotherapeutic and medical approach, is almost undetectable in the research on human resources in the maritime business. This is an important issue because without respect for objective unchanging values, a person inevitably begins to be treated as an object. In the context of Neo-Thomistic philosophy, the most important psychological features of loneliness in the maritime business and the possibilities for its theocentric significance are revealed.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 111
  • Page Range: 37-44
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Lithuanian