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PSYCHOLOGY · 1946

Man’s Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

A psychiatrist’s account of suffering, responsibility and the search for meaning.

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PUBLISHER
Beacon Press
ISBN
9780807014295
FOCUS
Meaning · Responsibility · Resilience
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Frankl combines testimony from Nazi concentration camps with an introduction to logotherapy, his therapeutic approach centered on meaning. He argues that people cannot control every condition but retain a responsibility toward the stance they take and the values they serve.

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The book offers no easy optimism. Its power lies in connecting survival, purpose and responsibility while refusing to reduce suffering to a motivational slogan.

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Readers often describe it as perspective-changing. Careful readers also stress the need to respect its historical testimony and avoid turning extreme suffering into a simplistic self-help analogy.

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