Viktor E. Frankl

El Doctor Frankl, psiquiatra y escritor, suele preguntar a sus pacientes aquejados de multiples padecimientos: Por que no se suicida usted? Y muchas veces, de las respuestas extrae una orientacion para la psicoterapia a aplicar: a este, lo que le ata a la vida son los hijos; al otro, un talento, una habilidad sin explotar; a un tercero, quizas, solo unos cuantos recuerdos que merece la pena rescatar del olvido. Tejer estas tenues hebras de vidas rotas en una urdimbre firme, coherente, significativa y responsable es el objeto con que se enfrenta la logoterapia. En esta obra, Viktor E. Frankl explica la experiencia que le llevo al descubrimiento de la logoterapia. Prisionero, durante mucho tiempo, en los desalmados campos de concentracion, el mismo sintio en su propio ser lo que significaba una existencia desnuda. Como pudo el que todo lo habIa perdido, que habia visto destruir todo lo que valia la pena, que padecio hambre, frio, brutalidades sin fin, que tantas veces estuvo a punto del exterminio, como pudo aceptar que la vida fuera digna de vivirla? El psiquiatra que personalmente ha tenido que enfrentarse a tales rigores merece que se le escuche, pues nadie como el para juzgar nuestra condicion humana sabia y compasivamente. Las palabras del doctor Frankl alcanzan un temple sorprendentemente esperanzador sobre la capacidad humana de trascender sus dificultades y descubrir la verdad conveniente y orientadora.

A young adult edition of the best-selling classic about the Holocaust and finding meaning in suffering, with a photo insert, a glossary of terms, a chronology of Frankl's life, and supplementary letters and speeches Viktor E. Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning is a classic work of Holocaust literature that has riveted generations of readers. Like Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl and Elie Wiesel's Night, Frankl's masterpiece is a timeless examination of life in the Nazi death camps. At the same time, Frankl's universal lessons for coping with suffering and finding one's purpose in life offer an unforgettable message for readers seeking solace and guidance. This young adult edition features the entirety of Frankl's Holocaust memoir and an abridged version of his writing on psychology, supplemented with photographs, a map of the concentration camps, a glossary of terms, a selection of Frankl's letters and speeches, and a timeline of his life and of important events in the Holocaust. These supplementary materials vividly bring Frankl's story to life, serving as valuable teaching and learning tools. A foreword by renowned novelist John Boyne provides a stirring testament to the lasting power of Frankl's moral vision.

"I slutändan borde människan inte fråga vad meningen med livet är, utan snarare inse att det är hon själv som frågas." Detta är en av de slutsatser som Viktor E. Frankl drar i logoterapin, den analysform som han ut-vecklade utifrån tre års erfarenhet som fånge i koncentrationsläger. Det var önskan om att sprida sina teorier som gav honom meningen med livet, som enligt honom själv gjorde att han överlevde under de mest omänskliga förhållanden. Logoterapin framhäver viljan till mening som människans främsta drivkraft i motsats till Freuds vilja till lust och Adlers vilja till makt. Den bygger på den moderna existentialismen som baseras på människans fria val och ansvar, snarare än att uppfatta det som mekaniskt, som förutbestämt av arv och miljö. Logoterapin, som i dag utövas på många kliniker över hela världen, beskrivs klart och tydligt i bokens andra hälft, medan den första delen beskriver Frankls erfarenheter som fånge i koncentrationsläger ? en omskakande beskrivning, inte minst på grund av den nyktra och analytiska framställningen. Livet måste ha mening (Ttrotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen) är en av de få böcker som konstant har funnits på marknaden sedan utgivningen 1947. Den har blivit omtryckt i många upplagor och på biblio-teken står man fortfarande i kö för att låna den. Den säljs över hela världen i miljonupplagor och är listad som en av de tio mest inflytelserika böckerna i USA. "Om du bara ska läsa en bok i år borde det vara denna bok av Frankl." ? Los Angeles Times "Ett verkligt bestående verk om överlevnad." ? New York Times "Denne man upplevde ofattbart lidande och skrev sedan den slutgiltiga boken om lycka." ? Huffington Post

The bestselling Holocaust memoir about finding purpose and strength in times of despair--selected as a Library of Congress "10 Most Influential Books in America" This stunning gift edition of "one of the great books of our time" (Harold S. Kushner) features new photos, end papers, and Frankl's never-before-published speeches and letters. Hailed as "an enduring work of survival literature" by the New York Times, Viktor Frankl's account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps--and his insights into our ability to find meaning despite great adversity--has offered solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946. This stunning hardcover gift edition features previously unpublished material--including letters, speeches, essays, and an 8-page photo insert--that reveal Frankl's enduring lessons on perseverance and strength in even greater depth. At the heart of Frankl's theory of logotherapy (from the Greek word for "meaning") is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but rather the discovery and pursuit of what the individual finds meaningful. Today, as new generations face new challenges and an ever more complex and uncertain world, Frankl's classic work continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living, in spite of all obstacles. With more than 16 million copies sold in over 50 languages, this timeless masterpiece is "one of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought" (Carl Rogers) and offers inspiration for coping with suffering and finding your purpose.

We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual. When Man's Search for Meaning was first published in 1959, it was hailed by Carl Rogers as "one of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought in the last fifty years." Now, more than forty years and 4 million copies later, this tribute to hope in the face of unimaginable loss has emerged as a true classic. Man's Search for Meaning--at once a memoir, a self-help book, and a psychology manual-is the story of psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's struggle for survival during his three years in Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. Yet rather than "a tale concerned with the great horrors," Frankl focuses in on the "hard fight for existence" waged by "the great army of unknown and unrecorded." Viktor Frankl's training as a psychiatrist allowed him a remarkable perspective on the psychology of survival. In these inspired pages, he asserts that the "the will to meaning" is the basic motivation for human life. This simple and yet profound statement became the basis of his psychological theory, logotherapy, and forever changed the way we understand our humanity in the face of suffering. As Nietzsche put it, "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." Frankl's seminal work offers us all an avenue to greater meaning and purpose in our own lives-a way to transcend suffering and find significance in the act of living.

"Muss man sich denn alles von sich gefallen lassen? Kann man nicht stärker sein als seine Angst?" Frankl beschreibt mit ebenso einfachen wie tiefgehenden persönlichen Worten das Bergerlebnis als eine Schule, die "die Trotzmacht des Geistes" gegenüber eigenen Ängsten und Schwächen fördert und eine moderne, säkulare Form der Askese bietet, die inmitten einer oft krankmachenden Überflussgesellschaft Frustrationstoleranz lehrt und die Erfahrung, dass Zielorientiertheit, Anstrengung und Ausdauer beglücken. Denn das ist die Frage, die Viktor Frankl bewegt: Wie unser Leben heute als sinnvoll und erfüllend gelebt werden kann. Es geht um "die Taten, die wir gesetzt, die Lieben, die wir geliebt, und die Leiden, die wir mit Würde und Tapferkeit erlitten haben". Diese ebenso authentische wie ermutigende Botschaft Frankls ist längst ein unverzichtbarer Klassiker der Bergliteratur. Die eindrucksvollen Naturaufnahmen des Fotografen Christian Handl machen dieses wichtige, neu gestaltete Werk zu einem erlesenen Geschenkband.

Believing that there is much more to our existence than meets the eye, he says: 'No one will be able to make us believe that man is a sublimated animal once we can show that within him there is a repressed angel.'In Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning, Frankl explores our sometimes unconscious desire for inspiration or revelation.

Only those who allowed their inner hold on their moral and spiritual selves to subside eventually fell victim to the camp's degenerating influence - while those who made a victory of those experiences turned them into an inner triumph.