founded “logotherapy” which is the existential psychotherapy focusing on the importance of meaning. He was married twice‚ his first wife died in 1945 and then he married Eleonore in 1947. Together they had a daughter named Gabriele. He spent 3 years in concentration camps during World War II. When he was forced into the first concentration camp in 1942 he lost a book that was very similar to “Man’s Search for Meaning” and began jotting down notes to recreate it. When he got out of the camps he returned
Premium The Holocaust Auschwitz concentration camp Nazi Germany
Man’s Search for Meaning‚ Viktor Frankl‚ a Jewish psychiatrist‚ reflects on his experiences in a German concentration camp during the Holocaust. In the book‚ Frankl shows how one might find hope in light of adversity and meaning despite despair. In Man’s Search for Meaning‚ one can find a response to the problem of evil in the world‚ and embrace the Jesuitical ideal of vocation Frankl organizes a prisoner’s experience in a concentration camp into three separate phases of mental reactions‚ "The period
Premium Auschwitz concentration camp Psychology Meaning of life
horrors faced during the Holocaust‚ Viktor E. Frankl analyzes the different mental states experienced by a concentration camp prisoner in his book Man’s Search for Meaning. Frankl includes many of his own personal examples to support his theory of logotherapy which focuses on finding the meaning of man’s life. He demonstrates throughout his book that if a man has a reason to live and the right state of mind‚ he can endure any condition. In one section of his book‚ Frankl specifically concentrates on the
Premium Psychology Alfred Adler Auschwitz concentration camp
and exercised. Many books written by Nazi camp survivors fall into the same story-telling theme‚ but Man’s Search for Meaning is written to go beyond the horror stories of the camps‚ and to dive into why the survivors were the ones made it out‚ and it wasn’t due to luck‚ as Frankl stated. The ones who made it out were the ones who learned how to cope with the suffering and found meaning in it. Frankl’s term‚ coined logotherapy‚ is the foundation of this memoir. My interpretation of the word is
Premium Psychology Man's Search for Meaning Alfred Adler
Man’s Search for Meaning‚ written by Viktor Frankl‚ is a memoir about overcoming sufferings to have an optimistic perspective on life in the midst of pain and death. Frankl provides examples of his own experiences after surviving three years in a Nazi concentration camp where his parents‚ brother‚ wife‚ and children died. Using his logotherapy theory‚ Frankl elaborates on the human pursuit while finding significance through experiences and sufferings. Against a backdrop of violence‚ cruelty‚ and
Premium Auschwitz concentration camp Human Suffering
“Night”‚ a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz‚ Buna‚ and Bunchenwald concentration camps. Wiesel makes a distinction between the Holocaust victims’ control over their fate and their control over their actions. He believes man does have control over his moral choice‚ even when faced with the extreme circumstances of the Holocaust. Although he empathizes with the Jews who behave brutally‚ killing each other over crusts of bread in their fight to survive‚ he does
Premium Auschwitz concentration camp Man's Search for Meaning The Holocaust
bustling‚ and unpredictable freeway filled with crater sized potholes. Nevertheless‚ it’s a road worth taking that’s full of rewards and adventure no matter which lane you turn. The tale of Viktor Frankl in his autobiography styled book "A Man’s Search For Meaning‚" demonstrates the agony and suffering that he had experienced through his imprisonment in a German concentration camp. His strength through this horrific ordeal was his understanding of human Psychology assisted him in understanding the emotions
Premium Man's Search for Meaning Psychology Meaning of life
days later the results came in‚ and sure enough‚ it was cancer. Viktor E. Frankl was a psychiatrist who experienced one of the most horrendous events in history. Frankl was sent to a concentration camp during the holocaust. In his book‚ Man’s Search for Meaning‚ Frankl shares with us his experiences in the Nazi death camps. He paints for his readers a picture of the everyday lives of
Premium Patient Family Health care
But education has challenged my understanding of self and my opinion has changed‚ considering the possibility that at our center‚ all nurses must be somewhat optimistic. In the article‚ A Search For Meaning and Identity‚ author Hafferty‚ (2006) stated that “medicine is a moral community‚ the practice of medicine a moral undertaking‚ and professionalism a moral commitment”. The Vibra Mission statement describes their goal as the following: Vibra
Premium Morality Patient Integrity
In Man’s Search for Meaning‚ Viktor Frankl’s use of diction‚ syntax‚ tone‚ and imagery throughout this first-hand account is thorough‚ serious‚ and sarcastic at some points. However‚ it lacks the horrific imagery of concentration camps during the Holocaust to make the point of how his life there led to his success of Logotherapy more straightforward. The diction within Frankl’s book shows many degrading words said by the Capos‚ they oversaw the inmates barracks‚ towards him and the other inmates
Premium Prison Penology The Holocaust