- Nazi concentration camps, psychotherapy, meaning of life, freedom of choice
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.
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- Author
- Viktor Emil Frankl
- First published
- December 1998
- Pages
- 165
- Publisher
- Blackstone Pub, Le Grand livre du mois, Ebury Publishing
- Editions
- 111
- Language
- French, Spanish, srp, tam
- ISBN
- 9788425411014
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“THIS BOOK DOES NOT claim to be an account of facts and events but of personal experiences, experiences which millions of prisoners have suffered time and time again.”
Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. He was the founder of logotherapy, which is a form of existential analysis, the "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy".
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