The following article first appeared in Popovic, N. (2003) ‘Existential Anxiety and Existential Joy’ Practical Philosophy Vol. 5, No. 2

This paper examines the possibility that existential joy can be an affect of ontological significance that can transcend so called existential anxiety. I will first discuss these terms and argue that such a transition requires a particular frame of mind, which will be analysed in relation to some features of human condition usually associated with existential anxiety.