false 1044863 <![CDATA[Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180471167m/1044863.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180471167s/1044863.jpg Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, austere, and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years, and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of the book, called "Logotherapy in a Nutshell," describes the psychotherapeutic method that Frankl pioneered as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps. Freud believed that sexual instincts and urges were the driving force of humanity's life; Frankl, by contrast, believes that man's deepest desire is to search for meaning and purpose. Frankl's logotherapy, therefore, is much more compatible with Western religions than Freudian psychotherapy. This is a fascinating, sophisticated, and very human book. At times, Frankl's personal and professional discourses merge into a style of tremendous power. "Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as he really is," Frankl writes. "After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips."]]> 4069 50 3389674 book 1946 Man's Search for Meaning total:9755|5:5144|4:3184|3:1191|2:190|1:46| 9755 42455 13617 1558 2782 4.34 10041 1606 41617642 88967 4 13 false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 02 11:20:47 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 16 05:04:44 -0700 2009
"Life in a concentration camp tore open the human soul and exposed its depths. Is it surprising that in those depths we again found only human qualities which in there very nature were a mixture...more...]]> 13234040 758916 5 8 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 22:27:52 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 23:13:21 -0800 2008
Here's a poignant excerpt from one of my favorite parts of the book when Frankl has been in Auschwitz and other camps for several years and doesn't know the war is only weeks away fro...more...]]> 48081562 651844 4 4 false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 22:33:01 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 21:33:52 -0700 2009
This is also a wonderful book for putting your own life experiences and suffering into perspective. I especially liked his theories about responsibility - that we are...more...]]> 24092485 350218 5 5 false Mon Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 09 15:18:13 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 22:41:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 18722536 185835 5 4 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 26 18:42:08 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 02 18:33:21 -0800 2009
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Viktor Frankl's harrowing testimony of surviving in a concentration camp seems incomprehensible. Even more unbelievable is the at...more...]]> 31217230 957217 5 2 false Tue Aug 26 06:25:01 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 08:07:37 -0800 2008 3 more...]]> 30139521 834373 3 3 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 10:06:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 10:43:57 -0700 2008
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I am now 71 and I believe the last time I read it I was in my early fifties. My outlook has changed considerably in the intervening years so I gained different insights from Frankl's ...more...]]> 31092335 339857 4 1 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 24 17:42:47 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 18 17:09:47 -0700 2009 1
I loved the first half. He...more...]]> 27928200 4196 5 1 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 23:40:16 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 21:23:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 27702856 972022 2 1 false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 09:20:04 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 16:20:39 -0700 2008
I feel bad not really loving a book by a holocaust survivor. The poor guy went through a lot and now he has to withstand my book review. Oh, except that he is dead. Do they have goodreads i...more...]]> 25347031 1006205 4 1 false Tue Jun 24 15:37:01 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 28 20:40:51 -0700 2009
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"An abnormal reaction to an abnormal ...more...]]> 20486053 1096412 3 1 false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 15:05:25 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 18:27:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 14006487 850564 5 1 false Tue Jan 29 20:16:25 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 17:08:00 -0800 2008 If you have an interest in psychological and philosophical issues and usually only respect the advice of those who have walked their talk, then you need to read this book. Dr. Frankl endured the horrors of three Nazi concentration camps and then thankfully lived to document his experience and...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1044863