Symbol, Meaning, and the Sacred: A Study on Contemporary Malaise from the Perspective of Logotherapy and Analytical Psychology
Research Square September 14, 2026 Victor Lima De Souza, Sávio Emmerick, Cleia Zanatta preprint
Abstract This theoretical essay investigates the relationship between contemporary psychological malaise and the impoverishment of the symbol, of meaning, and of the sacred. It sets out from the question of how the weakening of these three dimensions reverberates in human experience and in mental health. By means of interpretive reading and the critical articulation of classical and...