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[Read by Simon Vance]Man’s Search for Meaning is the chilling yet inspirational story of Viktor Frankl’s struggle to hold on to hope all over the unspeakable horrors of his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, whilst his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we will choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Through every waking moment of his ordeal, Frankl’s training as a psychiatrist lent him a remarkable perspective on the psychology of survival. Because of these experiences, Dr. Frankl developed a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy referred to as logotherapy. At the core of his theory is the belief that man’s primary motivational force is his search for meaning. Frankl’s assertion that ”the will to meaning” is the basic motivation for human life has ceaselessly changed the way we have in mind our humanity in the face of suffering.
Frankl’s riveting memoir was named one of the most Ten Most Influential Books in The usa after a 1991 survey by the Library of Congress and Book of the Month Club. This revised and up to date version includes a new postscript: ”The Case for a Tragic Optimism.”