Man's Search for Meaning
A memoir and psychological treatise by psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, chronicling his experiences in Nazi concentration camps. From this, he develops logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy centered on the idea that the primary human drive is the search for meaning, not pleasure or power.
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Ranked #50 of 1942 · Published 1968
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Book data: ISBN 9780807014271. Cover via Open Library Covers.