Viktor Frankl (1905–1997)
Forfatter af Man's Search for Meaning
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af Viktor Frankl
Psykiatri og sjæl̆esorg: grundlaget for logoterapi og eksistensanalyse ( Ãezliche Seelsorge Grundlagen der… (1955) 423 eksemplarer
On the Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders: An Introduction to Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (1983) 39 eksemplarer
La psicoterapia en la práctica clínica : una introducción casuística para médicos (2014) 6 eksemplarer
Sede de Sentido 4 eksemplarer
Der Seele Heimat ist der Sinn : Logotherapie in Gleichnissen von Viktor E. Frankl (2005) 4 eksemplarer
Si può insegnare e imparare la psicoterapia?: scritti sulla logoterapia e analisi esistenziale (2009) 2 eksemplarer
Logos und Existenz 1 eksemplar
NE KERKIM TE KUPTIMIT 1 eksemplar
El Dios inconsciente 1 eksemplar
Skazat' zhizni "Da!". Psiholog v konclagere 1 eksemplar
Altes Ethos, neues Tabu : Colloquium Köln 1974 : [Vorträge u. Aussprachen d. Colloquiums Altes Ethos, Neues Tabu] (1974) 1 eksemplar
Las situaciones límite de Jaspers y la triada trágica de Frankl: Coincidencias y diferencias en torno al… (2019) 1 eksemplar
Értelem és egzisztencia előadások és tanulmányok 1 eksemplar
Selections From : Man's Search for Meaning 1 eksemplar
Viktor E Frankl Collection 2 Books Set (Man's Search For Meaning, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning) (2021) 1 eksemplar
Conversation with Dr. Victor Frankl 1 eksemplar
Psychoterapia pre laika 1 eksemplar
Logoterapia e Análise Existencial 1 eksemplar
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The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Bidragyder — 178 eksemplarer
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- Frankl, Viktor E.
- Juridisk navn
- Frankl, Viktor Emil
- Andre navne
- 弗蘭克
FRANKL, Viktor Emil
FRANKL, Viktor E. - Fødselsdato
- 1905-03-26
- Dødsdag
- 1997-09-02
- Begravelsessted
- Vienna Central Cemetery, Vienna, Austria
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Austria
- Fødested
- Vienna, Austria
- Dødssted
- Vienna, Austria
- Dødsårsag
- heart failure
- Bopæl
- Vienna, Austria
Theresienstadt concentration camp - Uddannelse
- University of Vienna (MD|1930|Ph.D|1948)
- Erhverv
- neurologist
psychiatrist
writer
Holocaust survivor - Relationer
- Vesely, Franz (son-in-law)
פרנקל, ויקטור אמיל
Jonas, Regina (colleague) - Organisationer
- University of Vienna
Visiting Professor, Harvard University
General Polyclinic Vienna
Rothschild Hospital - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- 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) (vis alle 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) - Kort biografi
- 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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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
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.
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… (mere)
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… (mere)
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I am not sure why this is considered a classic on existentialism or motivation? There were only 2 core messages from the book that I could glean: no one has right to do wrong even if wrong had been done to them, and of course the primary message, that none can take away the freedom of attitude to suffering even if everything has been taken from a man, and suffering with honour gives life a meaning, for one should not wonder what he expects from life but what life expects of him.
My two stars to this book are only because of the engaging and horrifying description of unfathomable realities of concentration camps. Else this book should be rated 0 stars.
Given the circumstances the author went through though, the lesson is hardly meaningful, actionable, noble, or unique. In other words, the author is saying that try to be honourable as much as you can, which, while being the right advice, is very much expected under the circumstances, and is the foundation of many religious or moral philosophies. Not losing hope and not taking life because there is some thing or some purpose waiting is of course a desirable strategy, but given what the author himself said in the third stage of prisoners after release, is not really true since many survivors realised that nothing was waiting for them. Turning suffering into sacrifice towards some greater cause may bring a purpose to life but is also a recipe of victimhood mentality.
It's quick read for what's it worth. First section is fast and moving. Second section is skippable or read cursorily.… (mere)