La superación de la indiferencia

by Alexander Batthyány, María Luisa Vea Soriano (Translator)

Un libro sencillo y sensible capaz de devolver la esperanza en los valores reales de la vida. Imprescindible para todos aquellos que hayan disfrutado leyendo El hombre en busca de sentido. En medio de la abundancia material de los países ricos, emerge en su población un fenómeno de reacció cada vez más personas se sienten atrapadas en una profunda incertidumbre existencial y crisis de valores. Así, la prosperidad material va ligada a un empobrecimiento espiritual y existencial, perdiendo el acceso a los valores reales de la vida. La cohesión y la responsabilidad personal, valores positivos para nosotros y la sociedad, quedan al margen y prevalecen la frialdad, el aislamiento, la soledad, el desánimo y la indiferencia. /// A book capable of restoring hope in the real values of life. Amidst the material abundance of rich countries, a reaction phenomenon emerges in their more and more people feel trapped in a deep existential uncertainty and crisis of values. Thus, material prosperity is linked to a spiritual and existential impoverishment, losing access to the real values of life. Unity and personal responsibility, positive values for us and for society, remain on the sidelines and coldness, isolation, loneliness, discouragement and indifference prevail.

200 pages, Paperback

Published September 7, 2020

About the author

Prof. Dr. Alexander Batthyány is Director the Research Institute for Theoretical Psychology and Personalist Studies at Pázmány Péter University, Budapest and is faculty Professor for Existential Psychotherapy at the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis. He is Director of the Viktor Frankl Institute in Vienna. He is author or editor of more than 15 books. His academic work has been translated into 10 languages. He has been invited to give lectures around the world. Batthyány divides his time between Vienna and the Hungarian countryside, where he and his wife and daughters are developing an alternative intentional community.