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When Beacon Press first published Mans Search for Meaning in 1959 Carl Rogerscalled it one of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought in thelast fifty years. In the thirtythree years since then this book at once amemoir a selfhelp book and a psychology manual has become a classic thathas sold more than three million copies in English language editions. MansSearch for Meaning tells the chilling and inspirational story of eminentpsychiatrist Viktor Frankl who was imprisoned at Auschwitz and otherconcentration camps for three years during the Second World War. Immersed ingreat suffering and loss Frankl began to wonder why some of his fellowprisoners were able not only to survive the horrifying conditions but to growin the process. Frankls conclusion that the most basic human motivation isthe will to meaning became the basis of his groundbreaking psychologicaltheory logotherapy. As Nietzsche put it He who has a why to live for canbear almost any how. In Mans Search for Meaning Frankl outlines theprinciples of logotherapy and offers ways to help each one of us focus onfinding the purpose in our lives. This new edition of Mans Search for Meaningincludes a new preface by the author in which he explains his decision toremain in his native Austria during the Nazi invasion a choice whicheventually led to his imprisonment. It also includes an updated bibliography ofbooks articles records films videotapes and audio tapes about logotherapy. «
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