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MAN SEARCH FOR MEANING P Paperback - 1970
by Viktor E. Frankl
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- Title MAN SEARCH FOR MEANING P
- Author Viktor E. Frankl
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 6th Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone, New York
- Publication date 1970
- Bookseller's Inventory # ANAIS-0671207822
- ISBN 9780671207823 / 0671207822
- Weight 56.42 lbs (25.59 kg)
- Size 1.8x09x2.1
- Reading level 1090
- Category Psychology
- Dewey Decimal Code 150.195
- Quantity available 1
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About this book
Man's Search for Meaning is a book by Viktor Frankl that describes his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II and his development of logotherapy, a psychotherapeutic approach that emphasizes finding meaning in life. The book is divided into two parts; the first part chronicles Frankl's experiences as a prisoner, while the second part focuses on his theory of logotherapy. Frankl wrote the book in a reported nine days. Originally titled Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager (A Psychologist Experiences the Concentration Camp), it was released in German in 1946. The English translation was published in 1959 by Beacon Press under the title From Death-Camp to Existentialism: A Psychiatrist’s Path to a New Therapy. The title was changed to Man’s Search for Meaning in 1962. In a 1991 survey by the Library of Congress, readers voted Man’s Search for Meaning one of the 10 most influential books in their lives. At the time of Frankl’s death in 1997 the book had sold more than 10 million copies. It has been translated into over 24 languages.
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Review summary
Readers broadly laud the first half—Frankl’s spare, matter?of?fact account of life in Nazi camps—as gripping, humane, and psychologically acute. The follow?up on logotherapy sharply divides opinion: some find its ideas clarifying and useful, others call it dry, repetitive, dated, or marred by jargon and religiosity. Several note structural issues, padding in certain editions, and a stylistic stiffness, yet many still highlight its quotability and its argument that meaning can be forged amid suffering. Overall, the book is seen as impactful and reflective, though not uniformly transformative and most effective when read at the right moment in one’s life.
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First edition identification
The first English language edition of Man's Search for Meaning was published in1959 by Beacon Press in Boston, under the title From Death-Camp to Existentialism: A Psychiatrist’s Path to a New Therapy. The first editions under the title Man's Search for Meaning were published in 1962.
