Description
Man’s Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
Paperback
by Frankl, Viktor E
- Publisher : Rider (2008), Edition: 01, 154 pages
- Language : English
- Paperback : 2008
- ISBN-10 : ?1846041244
- ISBN-13 : 9781846041242
- Weight : 0.09
- Dimensions : 1×10.8×17.8 cm
When Beacon Press first published Man’s Search for Meaning in 1959, Carl Rogers called it “one of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought in the last fifty years.” In the thirty-three years since then, this book – at once a memoir, a self-help book, and a psychology manual – has become a classic that has sold more than three million copies in English language editions. Man’s Search for Meaning tells the chilling and inspirational story of eminent psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz and other concentration camps for three years during the Second World War. Immersed in great suffering and loss, Frankl began to wonder why some of his fellow prisoners were able not only to survive the horrifying conditions, but to grow in the process. Frankl’s conclusion – that the most basic human motivation is the will to meaning – became the basis of his groundbreaking psychological theory, logotherapy. As Nietzsche put it, “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” In Man’s Search for Meaning, Frankl outlines the principles of logotherapy, and offers ways to help each one of us focus on finding the purpose in our lives. This new edition of Man’s Search for Meaning includes a new preface by the author, in which he explains his decision to remain in his native Austria during the Nazi invasion, a choice which eventually led to his imprisonment. It also includes an updated bibliography of books, articles, records, films, videotapes, and audio tapes about logotherapy.
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ISBN-10: 1846041244
ISBN-13: 9781846041242
Goodreads: 17304997
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Published: //2008
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. At the heart of his theory, known as logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.
