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His bestselling book mans search for meaning chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate, which led him to discover the importance of finding meaning in all forms of existence. Viktor frankl s book on the psychology of the holocaust to be made into a film this article is more than 4 years old. Frankl s primary achievement as a psychotherapist was to found the school of logotherapy, a successor to freudian psychoanalysis and adlerian individual psychology. The best books on existentialism five books expert. Psicoterapia y humanismo viktor emil frankl ylyxe9055znm. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going. Frankl has 97 books on goodreads with 844090 ratings. The lifestory of austrian psychiatrist and holocaust survivor viktor frankl march 26, 1905september 2, 1997, is one of historys greatest testaments to the tenacity of the human spirit. Viktor frankl project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. As a holocaust survivor, frankl s insights into meaning in the face of suffering resonant with the poetry of job to produce a dialogue that may serve as a pathway to transcend unavoidable suffering. Victor frankl was an austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a holocaustsurvivor. Explore the theological dilemma of unjust suffering through a fresh reading of the book of job in light of viktor frankl s psychology.
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