Man's Search for Meaning - revised and update

Vikktor E. Frankl

Pocket Books

1988

221 páginas

7h 22m

ISBN-10: 067166736x

Man's Search for Meaning - Amazon.co.uk Review: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, austere and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of the book, called "Logotherapy in a Nutshell" describes the psychotherapeutic method that Frankl pioneered as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps. Freud believed that sexual instincts and urges were the driving force of humanity's life; Frankl, by contrast, believes that man's deepest desire is to search for meaning and purpose. Therefore, Frankl's logotherapy is much more compatible with western religions than Freudian psychotherapy. This is a fascinating, sophisticated and very human book. At times, Frankl's personal and professional discourses merge into a style of tremendous power. "Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as he really is", Frankl writes. "After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips." --Christine Buttery --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title

Resenhas (1)

5 (Perfeito)

Um "livrinho" arrebatador

Frankl é não apenas um gênio comparável a Freud, Adler e Maslow, mas também um sobrevivente de 4 campos de concentração nazistas, de onde tira sua experiência para criar a Logoterapia, a chamada Terceira Escola Vienense de Psicoterapia.

Na 1a parte da obra ele relata sua experiência nos campos de concentração, de forma marcante. Depois, resume de maneira bastante clara mesmo para leigos (como eu) os princípios da Logoterapia. Um pós-escrito de poucas páginas, no fim do livro, explica o princípio do "otimismo trágico", sustentando que é possível suplantar as tragédias da dor, da culpa e da morte.

As idéias e as lições de "Man's Search for Meaning" são atemporais, e ilustradas com exemplos vividos pelo autor.

O "propósito" (sentido) é o que nos permite "dizer sim à vida apesar de tudo".

Em português, foi publicado como "Em busca de sentido" pela Editora Vozes.