Man’s Search For Meaning
The book of Viktor Frankl entitled “Man’s Search for Meaning” that is released in the year 1946 serves to be the evident manifestation and depiction of difficulties of Victor Frankl and with the other Jewish inmate that were sentenced to stay inside the Nazi’s Concentration Camp, mainly because of their religion and of being a Jew. In addition to this, Victor Frankl’s “Mans’ Search For Meaning” entails his profound notions about the psychotherapeutic method of finding a reasons to live.
Moreover, according to Victor Frankl, his book called “Mans’ Search For Meaning” is intended to render a meaningful and factual answer, which asks “How was everyday life in a concentration camp reflected in the mind of the average prisoner.” In light of this, the first part of the book evidently depicts the analysis Victor Frankl with regard to his actual experiences in the Nazi’s Concentration Camps. On the other hand, the second part tells about the profound ideas of Victor Frankl on his theory of logotherapy.
Basing on the number of his literary works that has been significant in the psychological science, it is indeed that Victor Frankl is a prominent when in this specific field. Moreover, Victor Frankl is born in Vienna way back in the year 1905 and for such a very young age he is already seen to have the potential in reaching the success that he has achieved. Furthermore, Viktor E. Frankl had completed and earned his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in which he published more than thirty books that are about theoretical and clinical psychology. Nonetheless, his book called “Man’s Search For Meaning” is perceived to be one of the finest book he has written.
Furthermore, Viktor Frankl’s story has attracted different generations of readers with his profound and inspiring interpretation of life as well as the lessons for spiritual survival during his stay inside the Nazi death camps (“From The Publisher,” n.d.). In a sense, between the year 1942 and 1945 Victor Frankl has rendered his services into four different camps, which includes Auschwitz with the fact that his parents, brother and wife that is pregnant have passed away due to rampant violence at that time (“From The Publisher,” n.d.).
Practically, based on Victor Frankl’s own experiences and with those he has attended in his practice, he argues that there is no way that the people can avoid sufferings in life. However, he then concluded that every individual have the choice or capacity to choose how to accordingly adjust with the difficulties in life and eventually move on while at the same time seek for meanings and locate new goals along with sufferings.
In the theory of Victor Frankl, which is better known as the logotherapy that originated from the Greek word logos or “meaning” states that the primary drive of people in life is not all about pleasure, rather it is a matter of discovery and pursuance of what the individual personally perceived to be meaningful. With this, it is evident that in the Nazi’s Death Camps such notion is evident among the inmates.
With this, it is evident that an individual’s life is a matter of component that is composed of different interests and relationships. As such, this is considered to be as the viewpoint of a person or an individual, which is also perceived to be as is simple as the profound way of a person views and evaluates any part of happenings in life.
Moreover, Cognitive awareness and self-awareness is define to be as the profound characteristics of man (“Man’s Search for Meaning,” n.d.). Also, it is considered to be the recognition of the person to know that he is existing as an individual entity (“Man’s Search for Meaning,” n.d.).
In his book, Victor Frankl had identify three psychological reactions based on the experiences of all the inmates he has been while in the Nazi’s Death Camps. First is the “Shock” that he explains to be the reaction when they were first admitted in the camp. Second is “Apathy,” which Victor Frankl defined to be in existence after being familiar to the camp where the inmate would only think of the values that would help himself as well as the others to be free from the concentration camps. The last one are the reactions of moral deformity, depersonalization, disillusionment and bitterness after being released.
In the end, it is indeed that the book of Victor Frankl named “Man’s Search for Meaning” is one of the essential literary works for the Developmental Psychology, which entails various information about the psychological process of people on sufferings and difficulties in life in light of the actual experiences of Victor Frankl and the rest of the inmates inside the Nazi’s Concentration Camps. Nonetheless, this book caters to the cognitive and self awareness of people that every individual is a part the society that is independent and have its own interpretation of the universe depending on the personal preference.
Reference
Frankl V. (2006). Man’s Search For Meaning. Boston: Beacon Press
From The Publisher. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2008 from http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Mans-Search-for-Meaning/Viktor-E-Frankl/e/9780807014264/?itm=1
Man’s Search for Meaning. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2008, from http://www.idenics.com/commons/search-for-meaning.htm
