Man's Search for Meaning

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.

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.

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.

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.

William J. Winslade is a philosopher, lawyer, and psychoanalyst at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-10-2009; Where Have You Been All My Life?; I had received "Man's Search For Meaning" a couple of years ago as a gift. Since that time it had languished on my bookshelf, overcome by other priorities. After all, it was written in 1959, so it could wait a bit longer, right? Having...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-09-2009; Man's Search For Meaning review; Read this book as soon as possible no matter who you are. The first half is Viktor Frankl's experience in concentration camps during WWII. In the second half he explains logotherapy, logo from the Greek word for "meaning." He wrote...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-28-2009; not recommended; I read this book thinking there would be great insights into the meaning of life, per the title and some positive reviews I've heard. There were maybe 5 pages of this broken up into half-page subchapters that seem to strive to be as...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-27-2009; Touching Story; Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is a book about one man's struggle to find meaning in a life of imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps. Through all his hardships Frankl decided that man's deepest desire is...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-10-2009; Where Have You Been All My Life?; I had received "Man's Search For Meaning" a couple of years ago as a gift. Since that time it had languished on my bookshelf, overcome by other priorities. After all, it was written in 1959, so it could wait a bit longer, right? Having...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-03-2009; The Meaning of Logotherapy; This book was really two books in one. The first part centered on the author's experiences and feelings of suffering as a Holocaust survivor. The terrible pain and indignity came out crystal clear. The second part was less than clear...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-28-2009; not recommended; I read this book thinking there would be great insights into the meaning of life, per the title and some positive reviews I've heard. There were maybe 5 pages of this broken up into half-page subchapters that seem to strive to be as...; read full review | report as inappropriate