Man's search for meaning
By: Viktor E. Frankl.
Edition: Rev. and updated. --
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Frankl, Viktor Emil.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Psychological aspects; Logotherapy; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives; Psychologists -- Austria -- Biography; Concentration camps -- Germany.; Prison psychology
Genres: Biography
Description: This author'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 he 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, 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.
Notes: "A Washington Square Press publication for Pocket Books".

Bibliography: p. 181-221.