Man's Search For Meaning

The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust

Viktor E Frankl

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01 April 2008

Memoirs; The Holocaust; Popular philosophy; Psychology; Popular psychology

Translated into at least 24 languages and with over 16 million copies sold worldwide, Man's Search for Meaning is one of the seminal pieces of literature to emerge from the Second World War.

A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that he and other inmates coped with the experience of being in Auschwitz. 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 that 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.

By: Viktor E Frankl
Imprint: Rider
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Export ed
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 89g
ISBN: 9781846041242
ISBN 10: 1846041244
Publication Date: 01 April 2008
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust

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. * Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks * Influential and eloquent. * Jewish Chronicle * Perhaps the most significant thinking since Freud and Adler. * The American Journal of Psychiatry *