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Samotność człowieka jako doświadczenie osobowe. Próba typizacji zjawiska
Human loneliness as a personal experience. An attempt at typifi cation of the phenomenon

Author(s): Teresa Olearczyk
Subject(s): Psychology of Self, Health and medicine and law, Phenomenology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: loneliness; solitude; personal experience; social changes; Covid-19;

Summary/Abstract: The research purpose of the thesis is to present loneliness as a human personal experience from the perspective of an interdisciplinary approach to the phenomenon of loneliness. This phenomenon has been juxtaposed with the sense of loneliness and isolation. While pursuing the research purpose the author has set, she aims at typification and – as a result – defining specificity of experiencing loneliness, drawing pedagogical conclusions. Finally, she concludes that solitude understood in a positive way, as a conscious choice (and not an exclusion), is necessary for the proper development of a human beingwho should alternate the time of interaction with people with moments of silence and reflection occurring during the meetings ‘with oneself’.

  • Issue Year: 17/2022
  • Issue No: 2 (32)
  • Page Range: 295-315
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish