With
a new
Foreword by Harold
S. Kushner
and a new Biographical Afterword
by William J.
Winslade
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted
generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual
survival. Between 1942
and 1945 Frankl labored in
four
different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished.
Based on his own
experience
and the
experiences of others he treated later in
his
practice, Frankl argues
that we cannot avoid
suffering but we
can choose how to cope with it, find
meaning
in it, and move forward with
renewed
purpose. Frankl's theory-known
as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos ("meaning")-holds
that our primary drive
in life
is
not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of
what we personally find
meaningful.
At the
time of Frankl's death
in 1997, Man's Search
for
Meaning had sold more than 10
million
copies in twenty-four languages. A 1991
reader survey for the
Library of Congress that asked readers to
name
a "book that made a difference in
your
life" found Man's Search for Meaning among
the ten most influential books in America.
Beacon Press, the original English-language publisher of Man's
Search for Meaning, is issuing
this new paperback edition
with a new
Foreword, biographical Afterword, jacket, price, and classroom
materials to reach new generations
of readers.
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