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Viktor Frankl (1905–1997)

Autor(a) de Man's Search for Meaning

74+ Works 18,520 Membros 347 Críticas 30 Favorited

About the Author

Viktor E. Frankl was a man who persevered in living, writing, and helping people, despite suffering for years at the hands of the Nazis. He was born in Vienna on March 26, 1905, and received his doctorate of medicine in 1930. As a psychiatrist, he supervised a ward of suicidal female patients, and mostrar mais later became chief of the neurological department at Rothschild Hospital in Vienna. Frankl's successful career was halted temporarily in 1942 when he was deported to a Nazi concentration camp. In Auschwitz and other camps, he witnessed and experienced daily horrors until 1945. Although he survived, his parents and many other family members did not. Returning to Vienna in 1945, he resumed his work, becoming head physician of the neurological department at the Vienna Polyclinic Hospital. Frankl wrote more than 30 books, the most famous being Man's Search For Meaning. As a professor, he taught at many American universities, including Harvard and Stanford. He is credited with the development of logotherapy, a new style of psychotherapy. He died in Vienna in 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Viktor Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning (1946) 15,583 exemplares
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning (1997) 441 exemplares
Yes to Life in Spite of Everything (1946) 394 exemplares
The Unconscious God (1975) 255 exemplares
From Death-Camp to Existentialism (1959) 36 exemplares
Psychotherapie für den Alltag (1977) 33 exemplares
Pathologie des Zeitgeistes (1983) 7 exemplares
Synchronisation in Birkenwald (2013) 5 exemplares
Sede de Sentido 4 exemplares
Frühe Schriften : 1923 - 1942 (2005) 3 exemplares
Zeiten der Entscheidung (1996) 2 exemplares
Logos und Existenz 1 exemplar
Retrouver le sens de la vie (2017) 1 exemplar
Livet er mening (2019) 1 exemplar
Die eine Menschheit (2023) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Contribuidor — 176 exemplares
Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith (2010) — Contribuidor — 143 exemplares
Soul: An Archaeology--Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles (1994) — Contribuidor — 101 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Frankl, Viktor E.
Nome legal
Frankl, Viktor Emil
Outros nomes
弗蘭克
FRANKL, Viktor Emil
FRANKL, Viktor E.
Data de nascimento
1905-03-26
Data de falecimento
1997-09-02
Localização do túmulo
Vienna Central Cemetery, Vienna, Austria
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Austria
Local de nascimento
Vienna, Austria
Local de falecimento
Vienna, Austria
Causa da morte
heart failure
Locais de residência
Vienna, Austria
Theresienstadt concentration camp
Educação
University of Vienna (MD|1930|Ph.D|1948)
Ocupações
neurologist
psychiatrist
writer
Holocaust survivor
Relações
Vesely, Franz (son-in-law)
פרנקל, ויקטור אמיל
Jonas, Regina (colleague)
Organizações
University of Vienna
Visiting Professor, Harvard University
General Polyclinic Vienna
Rothschild Hospital
Prémios e menções honrosas
Great Gold Medal with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria (1995)
Honorary Citizen of the City of Vienna (1995)
Hans Prinzhorn Medal (1995)
Great Silver Medal with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria (1988)
Oskar Pfister Award (1985)
Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst (1981) (mostrar todos 11)
Ehrenring der Stadt Wien (1980)
Donauland Sachbuchpreis Danubius (1976)
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1969)
Cardinal Innitzer Prize (1962)
Promotion Award for Public Education of the Ministry of Education (1956)

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Victor E. Frankl was born in Vienna, Austria. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and later specialized in neurology and psychiatry. His early work was influenced by his contacts with Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler, although he would later diverge from their teachings. After surviving three years in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, Dr. Frankl returned to Vienna and wrote more than 30 books. He married for the second time to Eleonore Katharina Schwindt (his first wife Tilly Grosser was killed in Bergen-Belsen) and the couple had a daughter. In 1948, he earned a Ph.D. in philosophy with a dissertation on the relationship between psychology and religion. In 1955, he was awarded a professorship of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna, and a visiting professorship at Harvard University. He lectured and taught seminars in many countries around the world.

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Críticas

I remember laying on a hotel bed somewhere outside of Santa Fe and reading this book. That was ten years ago and it blew my mind then. A lot has happened since then, both in the world and in my life, but this book has remained as powerful as it ever was. Funny that I've read this book twice now without ever having checked out anything else by Frankl. Maybe that's next
 
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bookonion | 311 outras críticas | Mar 9, 2024 |
A powerful and inspiring work on how to find meaning in the life that’s in front of you, how to endure and find meaning even in the worst of suffering. And an introduction to the author’s theory of logotherapy.
 
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Aidan767 | 311 outras críticas | Feb 1, 2024 |
I picked up this book because it appears on almost every list of "Top Books Every Man Ought To Read Before They Die". This is my first time through it. I'm in my late 40s and not in the midst of an existential crisis - the issue of which this book hopes to resolve. However, I certainly was in that situation almost a decade ago. And, as I read the book, I found myself nodding along and agreeing with much of the conclusions Frankl came to in his studies and therapy sessions.

The edition of the book that I purchased was published in 2006. It includes not only the original test (his reflections on life in the concentration camps) but also a section where he discusses logotherapy (helping people overcome neurosis by finding meaning in their lives), another work of his called "the Case For Tragic Optimism", and an Afterward that highlights much of his life and practice.

The first half of the book - his recount of life in the concentration camps - is something anyone who enjoys history should read. It's also something students ought to read in school as a way to see just how evil the Nazi regime was (and maybe it will stop the flippant labeling of people we don't agree with as "Nazi"). Frankl talks about the conditions the prisoners lived in. But, his focus is more on the mental state of the prisoners - the various phases one often went through, how some would turn on their fellow prisoners as a means of survival, and how some would bond together to bring one another hope and comfort.

The second part of the book discusses the theory of logotherapy that Frankl developed. In this section, Frankl highlights how often he found the root cause of peoples' various phychosis was a sense of meaninglessness. And, once the therapist could help the patient discover the meaning for their life (he posits that it is unique for everyone) they begin to heal and find fulfillment. Rather than focusing on one's past (as Freud and his contemporaries taught), Frankl championed focusing on one's future as the way to wholeness.

One point that really struck home for me was Frankl (was back in 1959) talking about the existential crisis he found many people in despite living in a time of great prosperity. Most people (not all of course) didn't have to fight for food or shelter or basic needs. They were far better off than those who came before. And, yet, they struggled in life to find meaning and purpose. I have thought about this much myself - especially with those who are in the Gen Z group. There has never been a better time to be alive! But, depression is up, self-harm is up, suicide is up. Why is that?

Frankl, I think, has a good idea why. And how we can help
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DavidWGilmore | 311 outras críticas | Jan 31, 2024 |

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Membros
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Popularidade
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Avaliação
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Críticas
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ISBN
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