Mayer Claude-Hélène
Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Europa University Viadrina, Frankfurt, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 16;12:644579. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.644579. eCollection 2021.
Albert Camus (1913-1960) stands as one of the famous pioneers in the French history of existentialism. He was a novelist, political activist, essayist and editor, as well as a journalist and playwright. Although he was described as philosopher, he often denied this ascription. Through his professional and creative expressions, Camus focused on questions of existentialism, the aspect of the human fate, and meaning in life, death and suicide. These existential questions have experienced a strong revival during the Covid-19 occurrence. This psychobiographical approach aims at understanding Albert Camus' life and work in the context of the terror management theory of Becker and Wong's 4 pillars of PP2.0 theory, namely virtue, meaning, resilience and well-being. Both theories have gained importance during the pandemic. Based on the findings of the research study, implications for future research in the context of the pandemic are given. Finally, this article provides recommendations and best practices on how to approach the Covid-19 pandemic from a terror management theory and PP2.0 perspective in the light of Albert Camus' philosophy. The contribution of this psychobiography is two-fold: first, it expands psychobiographical research on Albert Camus from absurdist and existentialist theories and thereby expands the theoretical framework of psychobiographies. Second, it aims at strengthening the importance of theoretical psychobiographical investigations and their application in real-world scenarios to address complex contemporary challenges on the basis of existentialist positive psychology theories.
阿尔贝·加缪（1913 - 1960）是法国存在主义历史上著名的先驱之一。他是一位小说家、政治活动家、散文家兼编辑，同时也是记者和剧作家。尽管他被描述为哲学家，但他常常否认这一归属。通过其专业和创造性的表达，加缪关注存在主义问题、人类命运的方面以及生命、死亡和自杀的意义。这些存在主义问题在新冠疫情期间经历了强烈的复兴。这种心理传记方法旨在将阿尔贝·加缪的生活和作品置于贝克尔的恐惧管理理论以及王的PP2.0理论的四大支柱（即美德、意义、复原力和幸福）的背景下进行理解。这两种理论在疫情期间都变得愈发重要。基于该研究的结果，给出了在疫情背景下对未来研究的启示。最后，本文根据阿尔贝·加缪的哲学，从恐惧管理理论和PP2.0视角就如何应对新冠疫情提供了建议和最佳实践。这部心理传记的贡献有两方面：其一，它从荒诞主义和存在主义理论扩展了对阿尔贝·加缪的心理传记研究，从而扩展了心理传记的理论框架。其二，它旨在强化理论心理传记研究的重要性及其在现实场景中的应用，以便在存在主义积极心理学理论的基础上应对复杂的当代挑战。
