Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
3 ratings • 2 reviews
Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
3 ratings • 2 reviews
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. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, 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. At the heart of his theory, known as logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.
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An outstanding view point of it means to survive, the will to live and the meaning of what it means to live. Frankl writes out his story during the holocaust and how he survived to create Logotheraphy. Whether you're a psychologist or not, I recommend this book for all.
0As many before me will attest to, this is a sobering read despite the dispassionate framing of the events in the camps as purely observational. Anecdotes aside, logotherapy, the psychological framework that he developed through his experiences struck a chord with me. The similarities with stoicism are apparent, where by life's meaning is derived from our authentic and human responses to challenges. It offers a nice contrast to its adlerian, humanist, freudian, and evolutionary counterparts.
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