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Man's search for meaning

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. Be...

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Main Author: Frankl, Viktor E. (Viktor Emil), 1905-1997
Other Authors: Lasch, Ilse (Translator), Kushner, Harold S. (writer of foreword.), Winslade, William J. (writer of afterword.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
German
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, 2006.
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Frankl, Viktor E. > (Viktor Emil), > 1905-1997.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Personal narratives.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Psychological aspects.
Logotherapy.
Meaning (Psychology)
War and conflict.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:"Originally published in German in 1946 under the title: Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager. Original English title was: From Death Camp to Existentialism"--T.p. verso. Reprinted in paperback in 2006 with a new foreword and a new afterword.
Physical Description:xvi, 165 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780807014271
0807014273
9780807060100
0807060100
Author Notes:Viktor E. Frankl was professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School until his death in 1997. His twenty-nine books have been translated into twenty-one languages. During World War II, he spent three years in Auschwitz, Dachau, and other concentration camps.

Harold S. Kushner is rabbi emeritus at Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, and the author of bestselling books including When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Living a Life That Matters, and When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough.

William J. Winslade is a philosopher, lawyer, and psychoanalyst who teaches psychiatry, medical ethics, and medical jurisprudence at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston.

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