Youth: Search for Meaning

This book was originally written 40 years ago but it is still a relevant read today.  While so much has changed in two generations, much has remained the same.

The vast majority of what was written in 1971 is as valid today as it was then. The times have changed, but the issues remain the same. However, there is one significant difference between the youth culture of the 1970s and the youth culture today. The youth of the 1970s was invested in social change. They were activists and many were considered radicals. There was the Peace Movement, the Women’s Movement, the Gay Liberation Movement, and the Black Power Movement. These movements galvanized the youth of the day and gave them a sense of purpose; it gave their lives meaning.

The youth of today have no galvanizing force around which to rally. Hence, todays’ youth must look within themselves for meaning and purpose. And they appear to be ill-equipped to do so. Students are concerned for their future and the future of the world. How do they make sense of this world and their place in it?

These issues are not significantly different from the world faced by the students forty years ago. The difference appears to be in how they deal with these social and political uncertainties. They seem to be trying to make certainty in an uncertain world. Alternatively, perhaps they have accepted that they will have more than one marriage and more than one career. Perhaps they have accepted that all things are temporary and that nothing is forever. In spite of all of the changes with which the youth of today have to deal, for many the meaning of life still eludes them. They continue to look outside of themselves for purpose and meaning rather than engage in the journey inward toward self-understanding.

This book will offer insight, new perspective and a chance for growth for both the parents of the children and the youth themselves. 

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Sincerely,
Edward A. Dreyfus, Ph.D.

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