Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning is a book by Viktor Frankl, first published in German in Vienna in 1946 by Verlag für Jugend und Volk. Beacon Press issued Ilse Lasch's English translation in 1959. It recounts his time in Nazi concentration camps and introduces logotherapy, his meaning-centred therapy.
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- Verlag für Jugend und Volk, Vienna, 1946
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- Beacon Press1959 Hardback I own From Death-Camp to Existentialism, Beacon Press 1959 Log in to want this
- Hodder & Stoughton1964 Hardback I own Man's Search for Meaning, Hodder & Stoughton 1964 Log in to want this
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