This book explores what happens when humans are faced with incredible suffering. The author, who was a psychologist, spent many years in concentration camps during WWII. Before he became a prisoner, he was studying a type of psychology he calls logotherapy. The main purpose of this psychology is ...
non fiction in 2 parts. first part is autobiographical, his story of being in auschwitz and his evaluation of himself and others as a psychiatrist, and then his edification of his school of psychotherapy called logotherapy.
Wow. If I could rate this book higher, I would. This is truly a fantastic book.Viktor Frankl was a Jewish medical physician from Austria who survived 4 different Nazi concentration camps during WWII. Frankl survived, but he saw his father and mother perish, as well as his older brother. Being tr...
I read this when I was really into World War II history. Although I didn't (and still don't) particularly enjoy Holocaust memoirs or psychology books, I gave this one a shot. The message is good, and I actually prefer it to the cheap Freudian and nihilist psychological interpretations that get throw...
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