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Man's search for meaning : the classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust /

Frankl, Viktor E. 1905-1997,

Man's search for meaning : the classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust / Viktor E. Frankl ; part one translated by Ilse Lasch ; preface by Harold S. Kushner. - 154 pages ; 18 cm

Originally published in 1946 under the title: Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager; original English title was: From death- camp to existentialism --Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface / Harold S. Kushner -- Preface to the 1992 edition / by Viktor E. Frankl -- Experiences in a concentration camp -- Logotherapy in a nutshell -- Postscript 1984: The case for a tragic optimism.

In this work, a Viennese psychiatrist tells his grim experiences in a German concentration camp which led him to logotherapy, an existential method of psychiatry. This work has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 the author, a psychiatrist labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the stories of his many patients, he 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. His theory, known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos (meaning), holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful.


In English.

9781846041242 1846041244


Frankl, Viktor E. 1905-1997.
Frankl, Viktor E. 1905-1997.
Frankl, Viktor E. 1905-1997.


1939-1945


Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
Logotherapy.
Existentialism.
Meaning (Psychology)
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Psychotherapy.
Existentialism
Holocauste, 1939-1945--Récits personnels.
Holocauste, 1939-1945--Aspect psychologique.
Logothérapie.
Existentialisme.
Signification (Psychologie)
existentialism.
Existentialism.
Logotherapy.
Meaning (Psychology)
Psychological aspects.
Psychotherapy.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
Logotherapy.
Existentialism.
Meaning (Psychology)
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Psychotherapy.


Personal narratives.

D805.G3 / F723 2008

150.192 150.195 / FRAN