Meaning Of Rollo May's Human Thought On Existential-analytic Conception

The existential-sense is the most crucial viewpoint of Rollo May, the America great existential-analytic scholar. It means people own experience of self- existence. It is also the very core of a road to people's inner world. He believes that the more stronger existential-sense the people have, the more broad they can choose of freedom, and the more stronger of people to control their own destiny. Conversely, when people are not aware of the worth of self-existence, they will be easy to take orders from others, come to doubt about their choices and future. So to speak, his human theory is a new concept which is based on existential-analytic and standing on psychological level.This paper is conducted to expatiate on the science of Rollo May's human studies specifically. It indicates that everyone has to coexist with anxiety in a conscious or unconscious way, just because of that, people will try to find the deep causes of anxiety to desire have a broader and deeper understanding of human nature. The three pillars of Rollo May's human studies are anxiety-ontology,dualistic concept of human nature,self-search. Then, prove the importance and necessity of man's search for himself, and find the way to achieve this goal. Rollo May's theory was formed in the last century, in the fifties and sixties, but the theoretical research extended to his death at the end of last century. This paper analyze the positive significance and limitations of Rollo May's Human studies theory in the aspect of history and reality. It points out that Rollo May's real knowledge and deep insight on the social issues and the root of human's problem is not only applied to modern Western society, but also significant to people-oriented of today's China.