Viktor Frankl's search for meaning: an emblematic 20th-century life

"Viktor Frankl was a psychiatrist and philosopher who survived the Holocaust and went on to found the third school of Viennese psychotherapy. This book is an intellectual biography of Frankl, describing his early immersion in Freudianism, his connection to Alfred Adler, and the development of l...

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Main Author: Pytell, Timothy (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Oxford Berghahn Books 2015
In: Making sense of history (volume 23)
Year: 2015
Reviews:Viktor Frankl's Search for Meaning: An Emblematic 20th-Century lifeTimothy Pytell (2017) (Vincent, C. Paul)
Series/Journal:Making sense of history volume 23
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Frankl, Viktor E. 1905-1997
B Psychology / Jews
Further subjects:B Frankl *1905-1997*
B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Psychological aspects
B Frankl, Viktor E (Viktor Emil) (1905-1997)
B Psychologists (Austria) Biography
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Summary:"Viktor Frankl was a psychiatrist and philosopher who survived the Holocaust and went on to found the third school of Viennese psychotherapy. This book is an intellectual biography of Frankl, describing his early immersion in Freudianism, his connection to Alfred Adler, and the development of logotherapy in the 1930s. After the Holocaust, Frankl took on a prominent public role as a survivor in postwar Austria, and in the United States as part of the humanistic psychology movement. By critically examining the details of his intellectual life, including some previously unknown biographical details, we can begin to see the fascinating ambiguities and contradictions in Frankl's thought"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis und Bibliographie V. Frankl: Seiten 186-198
ISBN:1782388303