Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl a Harold S. Kushner (William J. Winslade a Isle Lasch)
Beacon Press • 2006

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 sto...ries 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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Na tému koncentračných táborov už bolo napísaných veľa kníh. Hľadanie zmyslu života je autobiografiou bývalého väzňa, v niečom sa však veľmi líši od ostatných diel. Viktor Emil Frankl sa nesnaží čitateľa zaujať podrobnými opismi brutálneho násilia, skôr sa snaží čitateľovi ukázať, ako väzni reagovali v extrémnych podmienkach, ako psychicky prežívali neľudské zaobchádzanie a zároveň vysvetliť[...]

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.