Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Ilse Lasch (Translator), William J. Winslade (Afterword), Harold S. Kushner (Foreword by)
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- Pub. Date: June 2006
- 165pp
- Sales Rank: 1,483
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- Pub. Date: June 2006
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 165pp
- Sales Rank: 1,483
- ISBN-13: 9780807014295
- ISBN: 080701429X
Synopsis
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. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, 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. Frankl's 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.
At the time of Frankl's death in 1997, Man's Search for Meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty-four languages. A 1991 reader survey by the Library of Congress and the Book-of-the-Month Club that asked readers to name a "book that made a difference in your life" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America.
Born in Vienna in 1905 Viktor E. Frankl earned an M.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. He published more than thirty books on theoretical and clinical psychology and served as a visiting professor and lecturer at Harvard, Stanford, and elsewhere. In 1977 a fellow survivor, Joseph Fabry, founded the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy. Frankl died in 1997.
Harold S. Kushner is rabbi emeritus at Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, and the author of several best-selling books, including When Bad Things Happen toGood People.
William J. Winslade is a philosopher, lawyer, and psychoanalyst at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston.
Biography
Viktor E. Frankl was a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School until his death in 1997. His 29 books have been translated into 21 languages. During World War II, he spent three years as Auschwitz, Dachau, and other concentration camps.
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Add Meaning to Your Life by Studying and Applying the Easy-to-Understand Principles of "Man's Sby EJAT
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September 07, 2009: "Man's Search for Meaning", by 20th Century Psychiatrist and concentration camp survivor Viktor E. Frankl, which has sold more than 12 Million Copies worldwide since its writing in 1946, is a landmark and seminal must-read for the general population. It is authentic, practical, and with down-to-earth and simple-to-understand, ready-to-be-applied contents. It is believeable based on the history and character of its author, who chose to help his soon-to-be-imprisoned parents and family members as they faced imprisonment in the Nazi concentration camp system in 1942, instead of escaping his native Austria on a Visa to the U.S. The first part gives the history of his 3-year imprisonment and miraculous survival in extermination camps, using such mental practices as thinking of his beloved wife and helping his fellow prisoners with his skills as a nuerologist and psychiatrist. This is certainly a story of "mind over matter", if ever there was one. Only 1 in 28 prisoners survived the Nazi death-camp system. Part I of the book is about these prisoner experiences, and Part II is an explanation of Frankl's self-created school of psychiatry, called Logotherapy, which contains the "how-to-live" section of the book. I highly recommend this book for all. It can prove to be highly useful for providing insights and advice for those with depression, aggression, addiction(s), guilt, and those facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles and inescapable suffering, as it will guide the reader on HOW to find meaning in suffering, and also in more positive experiences such as achieving and loving. Must read and refer to. Recommended BUY and HOLD!!
I Also Recommend: Prisoners of Our Thoughts.
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