Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy - Softcover

Dr. Viktor E. Frankl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067147152X ISBN 13: 9780671471521

Publisher: Washington Square Press, 1963

Synopsis

The author is the leader and originator of the school of logotherapy or existential analysis. He is also the author of numerous books that have been translated into a wide variety of languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. After three grim years at Auschwitz and other Nazi prisons, Dr. Frankl gained freedom at the war's end only to learn that almost his entire family had been wiped out. But during, and indeed partly because of the incredible suffering and degradation of those difficult years, he developed his theory of logotherapy. In the preface to this book, Harvard University's Gordon Allport calls it "an introduction to the most significant psychological movement of our day." And his theory is perhaps the most important since Freud and Adler.

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About the Author

Viktor E. Frankl developed the revolutionary approach to psychotherapy known as logotherapy, founded on the belief that humanity's primary motivational force is the search for meaning. One of the great psychotherapists of this century, he was head of the neurological department of the Vienna Polyclinic Hospital for twenty-five years and is the author of thirty-one works on philosophy, psychotherapy, and neurology, including the classic Man's Search For Meaning, which has sold over nine million copies around the world.

Review

''An enduring work of survival literature'' --New York Times

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

''His works are essential reading for those who seek to understand the human condition.'' --UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

''A poignant testimony...a hymn to the phoenix rising in each of us who choose life before flight.'' --Brian Keenan, author of An Evil Cradling

''One of the most remarkable books I have ever read. It changed my life.'' --Susan Jeffers, author of Feel the Fear And Do It Anyway and Embracing Uncertainty

''Perhaps the most significant thinking since Freud and Adler.'' --American Journal of Psychiatry

''Much like a first aid kit, this recording has the potential to save lives . . . This classic, carefully read by Simon Vance, is a vital aid to the troubled of all ages.'' --Library Journal

''A fascinating, sophisticated, and very human book . . . Frankl's personal and professional discourses merge into a style of tremendous power.'' --Amazon.com, editorial review

Edition details

• Publisher: Washington Square Press
• Publication date: 1963
• ISBN 10: 067147152X
• ISBN 13: 9780671471521
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 214