Viktor Frankl Book Man S Search For Meaning

His experience in the concentration camps reinforced his beliefs and inspired him to develop logotherapy.

Viktor frankl book man s search for meaning. 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. You can find meaning in work by doing something significant in love by caring for another person and in courage during difficult times. A concentration camp prisoner s psychological journey. A 1991 reader survey for the library of congress 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.

Man s search for meaning is a 1946 book by viktor frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in nazi concentration camps during world war ii and describing his psychotherapeutic method which involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positive about and then immersively imagining that outcome. Man s search for meaning by viktor e. In man s search for meaning viktor frankl tells his story of surviving a concentration camp and how this experience led to his theory on the importance of meaning in one s life logotherapy. 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.

According to frankl the way a prisoner imagined the future affected his longevity. According to frankl the way a prisoner.