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A review by jannelissa
Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything by Viktor E. Frankl
5.0
''So shouldn't we all be able to achieve it today in, after all, incomparably milder circumstances? To say yes to life is not only meaningful under all circumstances - because life itself is = but it is also possible under all circumstances.''
Quote (page 107)
Viktor Frankl, founder of the third Viennese school of Psychotherapy, already started working on his 'Meaning of Life' theory before the Holocaust. During his deportation to Auschwitz he lost his manuscript, but saw his theory come to live under the extraordinarily horrifying circumstances.
This book contains three lectures that dr. Frankl gave in 1946, only months after his liberation from Auschwitz. It contains both incredible insights into his own theory as well as a scholarly backbone for the later developments in the field of Logotherapy. Readers should be aware that this book is primarily an educational book, and not a memoir as 'Man's Search for Meaning' more is.
After the insightful introduction written by dr. Daniel Goleman, the book is divided into three parts:
- On the Meaning and Value of Life, part 1 (main focus on suicide)
- On the Meaning and Value of Life, part 2 (main focus on forced annihilation)
- Experimentum Crucis (main focus on concentration camps)
These lectures have never before been translated and published in English. Therefore, the book provides a unique contribution to the legacy of Viktor Frankl. Compact, scholarly, yet not too difficult in its language. Definitely a book that I would recommend to almost anyone and would definitely be coming back to many times again myself.
Quote (page 107)
Viktor Frankl, founder of the third Viennese school of Psychotherapy, already started working on his 'Meaning of Life' theory before the Holocaust. During his deportation to Auschwitz he lost his manuscript, but saw his theory come to live under the extraordinarily horrifying circumstances.
This book contains three lectures that dr. Frankl gave in 1946, only months after his liberation from Auschwitz. It contains both incredible insights into his own theory as well as a scholarly backbone for the later developments in the field of Logotherapy. Readers should be aware that this book is primarily an educational book, and not a memoir as 'Man's Search for Meaning' more is.
After the insightful introduction written by dr. Daniel Goleman, the book is divided into three parts:
- On the Meaning and Value of Life, part 1 (main focus on suicide)
- On the Meaning and Value of Life, part 2 (main focus on forced annihilation)
- Experimentum Crucis (main focus on concentration camps)
These lectures have never before been translated and published in English. Therefore, the book provides a unique contribution to the legacy of Viktor Frankl. Compact, scholarly, yet not too difficult in its language. Definitely a book that I would recommend to almost anyone and would definitely be coming back to many times again myself.