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A newly discovered classic: a collection of inspirational lectures on embracing life from worldwide bestseller Viktor Frankl.
Just months after his liberation from Auschwitz renowned psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl delivered a series of talks revealing the foundations of his life-affirming philosophy. The psychologist, who would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience and his conviction that every crisis contains opportunity.
Published here for the very first time in English, Frankl's words resonate as strongly today as they did in 1946. Despite the unspeakable horrors in the camp, Frankl learnt from his fellow inmates that it is always possible to say ‘yes to life’ – a profound and timeless lesson for us all.
A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was
uniquely able to observe the way that both he and others in
Auschwitz coped (or didn't) with the experience. He noticed that it
was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece
of bread who survived the longest - and who offered proof that
everything can be taken away from us except the ability to choose
our attitude in any given set of circumstances. The sort of person
the prisoner became was the result of an inner decision and not of
camp influences alone. Only those who allowed their inner hold on
their moral and spiritual selves to subside eventually fell victim
to the camp's degenerating influence - while those who made a
victory of those experiences turned them into an inner triumph.
Frankl came to believe man's deepest desire is to search for
meaning and purpose. This outstanding work offers us all a way to
transcend suffering and find significance in the art of
living.'Viktor Frankl-is one of the moral heroes of the 20th
century. His insights into human freedom, dignity and the search
for meaning are deeply humanising, and have the power to transform
lives.'Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks'
Born in 1905 in the center of the crumbling Austro-Hungarian
Empire, Viktor Frankl was a witness to the great political,
philosophical, and scientific upheavals of the twentieth century.
In these stirring recollections, Frankl describes how as a young
doctor of neurology in prewar Vienna his disagreements with Freud
and Adler led to the development of "the third Viennese School of
Psychotherapy," known as logotherapy; recounts his harrowing trials
in four concentration camps during the War; and reflects on the
celebrity brought by the publication of "Man's Search for Meaning"
in 1945.
Over 16 million copies sold worldwide 'One of the most remarkable
books I have ever read' Susan Jeffers One of the outstanding
classics to emerge from the Holocaust, Man's Search for Meaning is
Viktor Frankl's story of his struggle for survival in Auschwitz and
other Nazi concentration camps. Today, this remarkable tribute to
hope offers us an avenue to finding greater meaning and purpose in
our own lives.
A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was
uniquely able to observe the way that both he and others in
Auschwitz coped (or didn't) with the experience. He noticed that it
was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece
of bread who survived the longest - and who offered proof that
everything can be taken away from us except the ability to choose
our attitude in any given set of circumstances. The sort of person
the concentration camp prisoner became was the result of an inner
decision and not of camp influences alone. Only those who allowed
their inner hold on their moral and spiritual selves to subside
eventually fell victim to the camp's degenerating influence - while
those who made a victory of those experiences turned them into an
inner triumph. Frankl came to believe man's deepest desire is to
search for meaning and purpose. This outstanding work offers us all
a way to transcend suffering and find significance in the art of
living.
A rediscovered masterpiece by the 16 million copy bestselling author of Man’s Search For Meaning
Just months after his liberation from Auschwitz renowned psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl delivered a series of talks revealing the foundations of his life-affirming philosophy. The psychologist, who would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience and his conviction that every crisis contains opportunity.
Published here for the very first time in English, Frankl's words resonate as strongly today as they did in 1946. Despite the unspeakable horrors in the camp, Frankl learnt from his fellow inmates that it is always possible to say ‘yes to life’ – a profound and timeless lesson for us all.
With an introduction by Daniel Goleman.
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 others he treated later 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 for the Library of Congress 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.
Beacon Press, the original English-language publisher of "Man's
Search for Meaning, " is issuing this new paperback edition with a
new Foreword, biographical Afterword, jacket, price, and classroom
materials to reach new generations of readers.
Even in the degradation and misery of Dachau concentration camp,
Viktor Frankl retained the belief that the most important freedom
of all is the freedom to determine one's own spiritual well-being.
He wrote the international bestseller Man's Search for Meaning as a
result of that experience, while in The Doctor and the Soul, Dr
Frankl revolutionised psychotherapy with his theory of Logotherapy.
Viktor Frankl's work has been described as "the most important
contributions in the field of psychotherapy since the days of
Freud, Adler and Jung." In The Doctor and the Soul, Dr Frankl
maintains that the individual's most important need is to find
meaning in life and the frustration of this need results in
neurosis, suffering and despair. A doctor's work lies in finding
personal meaning in a patient's life, no matter how dismal the
circumstances of the life.
Holocaust survivor Viktor E. Frankl converted the horrors he
experienced in a German concentration camp into the pioneering
philosophy he called logotherapy. Unlike Freud's "will to pleasure"
and Adler's "will to power," Frankl based logotherapy on three
things: the freedom of will, the will to meaning, and the meaning
of life. By presenting three methodological concepts, Frankl shows
how we can all reinvigorate our experiences and tie them to will
and power.
Originally published in 1988 and compiling Frankl's speeches on
logotherapy, "The Will to Meaning" is regarded as a seminal work of
behavior therapy.
A new gift edition of a modern classic, with supplemental
photographs, speeches, letters, and essays
The Library of Congress called it "one of the ten most influential
books in America," the" New York Times" pronounced it "an enduring
work of survival literature," and "O, The Oprah Magazine" praised
it as "one of the most significant books of the twentieth century."
"Man's Search for Meaning" has riveted generations of readers with
its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for
spiritual survival. Viktor Frankl's classic tribute to coping with
suffering and finding one's purpose continues to give readers
solace and inspiration.
This attractive new hardcover gift edition will appeal to
long-time admirers and first-time readers alike. Through
photographs and supplemental writings, readers see the professional
and personal sides of this beloved thinker. In a letter written
upon his release from the camps, Frankl describes his pain upon
learning that his parents and wife perished; in an essay, he gives
hope to readers living in uncertain times; in a eulogy to his
deceased colleagues, he speaks of man's capacity for evil and for
good; and in a speech, he memorializes the anniversary of the
liberation of the Nazi camps. With these writings, readers can gain
a fuller understanding of Frankl's enduring lessons on perseverance
and strength.
Edited and typeset, this is largely a reprint of the 1987 classic.
Contains the essence of the logotherapeutic writings of Viktor
Frankl, who noted that many readers report that they understand
some parts of logotherapy for the first time after reading this
book. Fabry wrote in the introduction: Many older therapies place
responsibility for our difficulties on our early upbringing.
Logotherapy is "education to responsibility." Outside influences
are important but not all-determining. Within limitations we have a
say about who we are and who we want to become. We need never let
ourselves be reduced to helpless victims. Consequently,
logotherapy-unlike therapies that aim at equilibrium by adjusting
patients to society-does not see a tensionless life as a
therapeutic goal. Tension is part of living as a human being in a
human society. To remain healthy, the unhealthy tensions of body
and psyche are to be avoided. But the healthy tension of the spirit
strengthens our spiritual muscles. The healthiest tension is
between what we are and what we have the vision of growing toward,
or, to use Frankl's favorite phrase, "the tension between being and
meaning" (Psychotherapy and Existentialism, p. 10). The struggle
for meaning is not easy. Life does not owe us pleasure; it does
offer us meaning. Mental health does not come to those who demand
happiness but to those who find meanings; to them happiness comes
as a side product. "It must ensue" noted Frankl. "It cannot be
pursued" (Unconscious God, p. 85). Logotherapy maintains and
restores mental health by providing a sound view of the human being
and the world as we know it. It draws on the huge reservoir of
health stored in our specifically human dimension-our creativity,
our capacity to love, our reaching out to others, our desire to be
useful, our ability to orient to goals, and our will to meaning.
Logophilosophy emphasizes what is right with us, what we like about
ourselves, our accomplishments, and our peak experiences. It also
considers the qualities we dislike so we may change them, our
failures so we can learn from them, our abysses so we may lift
ourselves up, knowing that peaks exist and can be reached.
Emphasizing spiritual values and the quest for meaning in life in its approach to the neurotic behavior, by the founder of logotherapy.
Viktor Frankl is known to millions as the author of Man's Search
for Meaning, his harrowing Holocaust memoir. In this book, he goes
more deeply into the ways of thinking that enabled him to survive
imprisonment in a concentration camp and to find meaning in life in
spite of all the odds. Here, he expands upon his groundbreaking
ideas and searches for answers about life, death, faith and
suffering. Believing that there is much more to our existence than
meets the eye, he says: 'No one will be able to make us believe
that man is a sublimated animal once we can show that within him
there is a repressed angel.' In Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning,
Frankl explores our sometimes unconscious desire for inspiration or
revelation. He explains how we can create meaning for ourselves
and, ultimately, he reveals how life has more to offer us than we
could ever imagine.
'Viktor Frankl gives us the gift of looking at everything in life as an opportunity' Edith Eger, bestselling author of The Choice
Rediscovered masterpiece by the 16 million copy bestselling author of Man’s Search For Meaning
Just months after his liberation from Auschwitz renowned psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl delivered a series of talks revealing the foundations of his life-affirming philosophy. The psychologist, who would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience and his conviction that every crisis contains opportunity.
Published here for the very first time in English, Frankl's words resonate as strongly today as they did in 1946. Despite the unspeakable horrors in the camp, Frankl learnt from his fellow inmates that it is always possible to say ‘yes to life’ – a profound and timeless lesson for us all.
With an introduction by Daniel Goleman.
Viktor Frankl is known to millions of readers as a psychotherapist
who has transcended his field in his search for answers to the
ultimate questions of life, death, and suffering. Man's Search for
Ultimate Meaning explores the sometime unconscious human desire for
inspiration or revelation, and illustrates how life can offer
profound meaning at every turn.
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