Man's Search for Meaning (B&N Exclusive Edition)

by Viktor E. Frankl

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The meaning of life has long left humankind struggling with a sense of inferiority, and while there is no one answer, Viktor Frankl is here to help you not feel so lost as you grapple with that undying question. Lose yourself in hope as you find that, whatever your answer, it’s the intention behind it all that matters.

This trade paperback B&N Exclusive Edition includes letters, speeches, essays and an 8 page photo insert, with a beautiful package featuring French flaps and an exclusive jacket.

A book for finding purpose and strength in times of great despair, the international best-seller is still just as relevant today as when it was first published.

Hailed as "an enduring work of survival literature" by the New York Times, Viktor Frankl's account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps—and his insights into our ability to find meaning despite great adversity—has offered solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946. This beautiful, exclusive gift edition features material—including letters, speeches, essays, and an 8-page photo insert—that reveal Frankl's enduring lessons on perseverance and strength in even greater depth.

At the heart of Frankl's theory of logotherapy (from the Greek word for "meaning") is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but rather the discovery and pursuit of what the individual finds meaningful. Today, as new generations face new challenges and an ever more complex and uncertain world, Frankl's classic work continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living, in spite of all obstacles.

This timeless masterpiece is "one of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought" (Carl Rogers) and offers inspiration for coping with suffering and finding your purpose.

"This is a book I reread a lot...it gives me hope...it gives me a sense of strength."
—Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNN

"One of the great books of our time."
—Harold S. Kushner

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807018699
Publisher:	Beacon Press
Publication date:	08/06/2024
Edition description:	B&N Exclusive Edition
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	132
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Viktor E. Frankl was professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School until his death in 1997. His twenty-nine books have been translated into twenty-one languages. During World War II, he spent three years in Auschwitz, Dachau, and other concentration camps.

Harold S. Kushner is rabbi emeritus at Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, and the author of bestselling books including When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Living a Life That Matters, and When All You’ve Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough.

William J. Winslade is a philosopher, lawyer, and psychoanalyst who teaches psychiatry, medical ethics, and medical jurisprudence at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston.

What People are Saying About This

Patrick J. Williams

Viktor Frankl's timeless formula for survival. One of the classic psychiatric texts of our time, Man's Search for Meaning is a meditation on the irreducible gift of one's own counsel in the face of great suffering, as well as a reminder of the responsibility each of us owes in valuing the community of our humanity. There are few wiser, kinder, or more comforting challenges than Frankl's.
— Patricia J. Williams, author of Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race

Editorial Reviews

This is a book I reread a lot…it gives me hope…it gives me a sense of strength.”

Anderson Cooper

An enduring work of survival literature.”

New York Times

One of the ten most influential books in America. —Library of Congress/Book-of-the-Month Club "Survey of Lifetime Readers"

"An enduring work of survival literature." —The New York Times

"[Man's Search for Meaning] might well be prescribed for everyone who would understand our time." —Journal of Individual Psychology

"An inspiring document of an amazing man who was able to garner some good from an experience so abysmally bad… Highly recommended." —Library Journal

“This is a book I try to read every couple of years. It’s one of the most inspirational books ever written. What is the meaning of life? What do you have when you think you have nothing? Amazing and heartbreaking stories. This is a book that should be in everyone’s library.”
—Jimmy Fallon

“This is a book I reread a lot . . . it gives me hope . . . it gives me a sense of strength.”
—Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNN
 
“One of the great books of our time.” —Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

“One of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought in the last fifty years.”
—Carl R. Rogers (1959)

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