by Viktor E. Frankl
from Beacon Press
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Editorial ReviewPsychiatrist 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 to Good People.
William J. Winslade is a philosopher, lawyer, and psychoanalyst at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston.
Customer Reviews:
- Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
- Optimism
I first read this book about 20 years ago, have re-read it several times and referred it to numerous people. It's a great, inspirational read, including personal stories of spiritual survival. -Was happy to see it's still in print.
- an extraordinary work - intensely powerful, inspiring, highly accessible, well written
how have i lived for 33 years without reading this book?
the ideas are inspiring by their merit, and even more so in response to the indescribable horror of the holocaust
and it's short, viktor frankl wrote it in just 9 days. you can read it in a few hours and start finding more meaning in your life
one paragraph on page 108 summarizes frankl's overall approach very nicely ->
"i doubt whether a doctor can answer [the meaning of life] question in general terms. for the meaning of life... more info
- Psychologist at a concentration camp
Outsiders often have a wrong conception of the prisoners' life at concentration camp. Everyone had to struggle to keep oneself alive, which brought out the brutal nature amongst the prisoners also. Some have said the best of them didn't return... The author of this book convinced himself that one has to have a meaning in one's life, in order to stay mentally and physically alive in all suffering. He who has a "why" to live for can bear almost any "how". And this is the basis in the author's own... more info
- Really makes you appreciate life!
This is an very intense book about life and the human spirit. Someone at the Enlightened Wealth Institute recommended it to me. Really makes you appreciate growing up in a safe environment and being grateful for everything you have.
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