Man's Search for Meaning

Frankl, Viktor E.

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ISBN 10: 0786191465 ISBN 13: 9780786191468

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 1998

Man’s Search for Meaning is the chilling yet inspirational story of Viktor Frankl’s struggle to hold on to hope during his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps where he endured unspeakable horror. Frankl’s training as a psychiatrist informed every waking moment of his ordeal and allowed him a remarkable perspective on the psychology of survival.

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About the Author:

Viktor E. Frankl is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School and Distinguished Professor of Logotherapy at the U.S. International University. He is the founder of what has come to be called the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy (after Freud's psychoanalysis and Adler's individual psychology) -- the school of logotherapy.

Born in 1905, Dr. Frankl received the degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Vienna. During World War II he spent three years at Auschwitz, Dachau and other concentration camps.

Dr. Frankl first published in 1924 in the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and has since published twenty-six books, which have been translated into nineteen languages, including Japanese and Chinese. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Duquesne and Southern Methodist Universities. Honorary Degrees have been conferred upon him by Loyola University in Chicago, Edgecliff College, Rockford College and Mount Mary College, as well as by universities in Brazil and Venezuela. He has been a guest lecturer at universities throughout the world and has made fifty-one lecture tours throughout the United States alone. He is President of the Austrian Medical Society of Psychotherapy.

Review:

"An enduring work of survival literature." -- New York Times

"Frankl is a professional who possesses the rare ability to write in a layman’s language." -- Gerald F. Kreyche, DePaul University

"If you read but one book this year, Dr. Frankl’s book should be that one." --Los Angeles Times

"Unconditional faith in an unconditional meaning is Dr. Frankl's message to the reader."

-- The American Journal of Psychiatry

"Perhaps the most significant thinking since Freud and Adler."

--The American Journal of Psychiatry

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