Man's Search For Meaning -

: Frankl recounts his experiences as a prisoner in four different Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Dachau. Rather than focusing on historical dates, he provides a "psychoscientific" study of how inmates mentally adapted to extreme suffering.

: The second half introduces Frankl's therapeutic method, Logotherapy (from the Greek logos , meaning "meaning"). It argues that the primary human drive is not pleasure or power, but the discovery of personal meaning. Key Psychological Features Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - Facebook Man's Search For Meaning

Viktor Frankl’s (1946) is a seminal work that blends a harrowing memoir of Holocaust survival with a psychological treatise on the human need for purpose. Rated as one of the most influential books in America, it has sold over 16 million copies and been translated into dozens of languages. Core Structure and Premise The book is divided into two distinct halves: : Frankl recounts his experiences as a prisoner