Man S Search For Meaning

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.

Man s search for meaning. 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. His book man s search for meaning first published under a different title in 1959. In man s search for meaning psychiatrist and neurologist viktor frankl 1905 1997 wrote about his ordeal as a concentration camp inmate during the second world war.

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. Man s search for meaning is a work of non fiction that deals with viktor frankl s experience living in nazi concentration camps as well as his psychotherapeutic technique called logotherapy. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since freud. Originally published in 1946 as ein psycholog viktor emil frankl m d ph d.

According to frankl the way a prisoner imagined the future affected his longevity. Man s search for meaning by viktor e.