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Viktor Frankl's account of his time as a prisoner in the Nazi camps of World War II also introduces logotherapy, his method of psychotherapy. Part One examines how camp life registered in the mind of an ordinary prisoner: shock on arrival, then apathy, and the bitterness and disillusionment that could come with liberation. Frankl observed that the inmates who survived tended to be those holding on to a purpose. Part Two turns to his ideas on meaning; his method locates purpose in completing tasks, caring for another person, or meeting suffering with dignity. A Library of Congress survey, held jointly with the Book-of-the-Month Club, placed it among the ten books with the most influence in the United States.
It appears on Jordan B. Peterson's book list, and Mark Manson, who ranks it among the best self-help books, notes that Frankl argues for a therapy grounded in a human sense of meaning, drawing on his time as a prisoner of the Nazis.
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On Jordan B. Peterson’s Book List - Jordan Peterson
Mark Manson (Author)
Frankl also survived Auschwitz, but he also happened to be a celebrated psychiatrist. This book argues for a therapeutic model based on a human sense of meaning, with much of it argued from Frankl’s experiences with the Nazis.
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