false 4069 49 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 those he treated 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.<BR><BR>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 by the Library of Congress and the Book-of-the-Month Club 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. <BR><BR>Born in Vienna in 1905 Viktor E. Frankl earned an M.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. He published more than thirty books on theoretical and clinical psychology and served as a visiting professor and lecturer at Harvard, Stanford, and elsewhere. In 1977 a fellow survivor, Joseph Fabry, founded the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy. Frankl died in 1997. <BR><BR>Harold S. Kushner is rabbi emeritus at Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, and the author of several best-selling books, including When Bad Things Happen to Good People.<BR><BR>William J. Winslade is a philosopher, lawyer, and psychoanalyst at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston. 3389674 book 1946 Man's Search for Meaning total:9062|5:4812|4:2942|3:1092|2:174|1:42| 9062 39494 12603 1487 4 12 false 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...]]> 5 7 false 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...]]> 4 3 false 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...]]> 5 5 false 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...]]> 5 4 false 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...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Aug 26 06:25:01 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 08:07:37 -0800 2008 3 more...]]> 3 3 false 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
Here's the thing- I love WWII stories- The Hiding Place, Ann...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1983 Mon Jul 02 20:05:58 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 20:17:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Apr 14 09:28:04 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 18:25:23 -0700 2008 I was reading about the meaning of...more...]]> 3 3 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 17:31:37 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 17:31:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 06:37:25 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 07:01:04 -0800 2009 5 or 6 times
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...]]> 4 1 false 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...]]> 5 1 false 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...]]> 2 1 false 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...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 24 15:37:01 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 28 20:40:51 -0700 2009
But what makes it such a hot seller? Even though its title alludes to its co...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Fri Apr 25 08:40:17 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 11:04:45 -0700 2008
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"An abnormal reaction to an abnormal ...more...]]> 3 1 false 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...]]> 5 1 false 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...]]>