New Releases by Viktor E. Frankl

Na busca por sentido, a consciência orienta o homem. Em poucas palavras, ela é um órgão do sentido e pode ser definida como a faculdade de perceber formas de sentido nas situações concretas da vida. A vontade de sentido é um fato, não uma crença. A busca do homem por sentido é a motivação primária em sua vida, não uma "racionalização secundária" dos impulsos instintivos. Este sentido é único e específico, na medida em que pode e deve ser cumprido somente pelo próprio indivíduo, adquirindo assim uma importância que satisfará à sua vontade de sentido. Para sobrevivermos em uma sociedade da abundância, tanto de bens materiais quanto de informações, e na qual o sentimento de falta de sentido se difunde rapidamente, precisamos nos conscientizar cada vez mais para distinguir na vida as formas autênticas de sentido, cientes de que possuímos a liberdade de escolher nossa atitude. Será a firmeza nessa atitude que nos permitirá testemunhar a faculdade única do ser humano de remodelar o sofrimento em conquista. Este livro reúne conferências que Frankl proferiu entre 1946 e 1971 sobre o tema central de sua obra: o homem está, em essência, em busca de um sentido e o auxílio prestado ao homem para encontrar esse sentido é a tarefa da Logoterapia. A vontade de sentido, revisada e posfaciada pelo Dr. Ivo Studart Pereira, chega aos leitores e estudiosos da obra de Viktor Frankl após cuidadoso aperfeiçoamento da terminologia técnica (filosófica e psicológica).

A highly anticipated, rediscovered collection from Viktor Frankl, published for the first time in the United States, exploring freedom, responsibility, and how we can draw meaning from the temporary nature of our lives From the bestselling author of Man''s Search for Meaning, which has sold over 18 million copies The Library of Congress lists Man’s Search for Meaning as one of the ten most influential books in history. Scientists and artists, politicians and celebrities regularly cite Frankl as one of the most important authors every person should read. Now, there is another book for his devoted fans to add to their collections. Published here for the first time in the United States, Embracing Hope continues Frankl’s enduring life’s work and provides even more lessons for those searching for meaning and purpose. It’s made up of four distinct pieces from Frankl on different themes - all uniting around the idea that we should remain open to life even when we have been subjected to appalling injustice, and even when we are faced with our own mortality and the brief nature of our lives. At a time of global suffering where so many are searching for hope and meaning, Frankl’s work seems more relevant and more important than ever. Whether you''re a devoted follower of Frankl''s work or a newcomer seeking to enrich your understanding of life''s purpose, this book promises a captivating journey that will leave you pondering its teachings long after you''ve turned the final page. Just imagine what would happen, what life would look like, if there were no death. Imagine what it would be like if you could postpone anything and everything, if you could put it off for eternity. You wouldn''t have to do anything today or tomorrow. Everything could just as easily be done next week, next month, next year, in a decade, in 100 or 1,000 years. Only in the face of death, only under pressure from the finiteness, the temporal limitation of human existence, is there any point in going about our business, and not only in going about our business, but in experiencing life, and not only in experiencing life but also in loving someone, and even in enduring and surviving something that is inflicted on us.

Tra il 1951 e il 1955 Viktor Frankl fu invitato da un''emittente radiofonica viennese a tenere una conversazione mensile su problemi di ordine psicoterapeutico. Ciò che si proponeva non era tanto il «discutere» di psicoterapia quanto piuttosto il «fare» della psicoterapia attraverso il microfono, utilizzando la radio come mezzo capace di contrastare la nevrosi collettiva. Spinto anche dall''enorme successo delle trasmissioni e dalle lettere ricevute dagli ascoltatori, decise poi di raccogliere i testi di quelle conversazioni, ampliati e annotati. Anche se ogni conversazione affronta - con lo stile fresco e diretto proprio della lingua parlata - un argomento a sé, le intersezioni sono inevitabili e ciò che si delinea alla fine è un pensiero coerente basato sulla resilienza, sull''abbracciare la vita anche davanti alle più grandi avversità, e soprattutto sulla ricerca di senso, che diventa un potente strumento terapeutico. Ciò che dobbiamo indagare non sono infatti i motivi all''origine di quel vuoto esistenziale da cui sembriamo sempre più afflitti, ma gli scopi con cui possiamo colmare quel vuoto.

This Classic Edition of On the Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders: An Introduction to Logotherapy and Existential Analysis sees Viktor E. Frankl, bestselling author and founder of logotherapy, introduce his key theories and apply them to work with patients exhibiting symptoms of neurosis. James M. DuBois’ translation of Frankl’s Theorie und Therapie der Neurosen allows English readers to experience this essential text on logotherapy in an invigorating new light. DuBois also provides a new Preface to the book, highlighting the importance of both the original volume and Frankl’s work at large, and framing it within contemporary psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Throughout the book, Frankl uses his unique logotherapeutic approach to analyse neuroses and their impact. He looks in turn at how neuroses may be informed by psychoses, somatic disorders, and the mental implications of being diagnosed with a physical medical condition, as well as potential psychological, spiritual, and societal causes of neuroses. Masterfully translated and thoroughly annotated, this volume brings Frankl’s trailblazing theories into the 21st century and will be of great interest to psychiatrists and psychotherapists alike.

Viktor Frankl (1905–1997) entwickelt in diesem Buch eine systematisierte Neurosenlehre. Sie erstreckt sich von somatogenen, psychogenen und soziogenen bis hin zu noogenen Neurosen, die er nicht zuletzt auf einen Sinnverlust zurückführt. Eingehend beschreibt Frankl die von ihm begründete Existenzanalyse und Logotherapie als sinnzentrierte Psychotherapie, die helfen soll, Sinnmomente und persönliche Werte im Dasein aufzuspüren. Zentral sind dabei Techniken zur Selbstdistanzierung, wie die paradoxe Intention oder die Dereflexion. Empirische Forschungsergebnisse und ausführliche Fallbeispiele stützen und erläutern sowohl Theorie als auch Praxis. Das Buch wendet sich an Studenten und Dozenten der klinischen Psychiatrie, Neurologie und Soziologie sowie an in der Praxis stehende Ärzte, Fachärzte und Psychotherapeuten.

Držíte v rukou nové vydání tří přednášek Viktora Frankla z roku 1946, které mají obrovskou sílu a jsou překvapivě aktuální a které shrnují celé myšlení tohoto velkého lékaře a psychoterapeuta. Jejich smyslem je ukázat, že život má navzdory všemu smysl – navzdory bídě, smrti, utrpení, nemoci, osudu – a je možné mu říci Ano. Mnoho lidí po celém světě skličuje poznání, že materiální blahobyt sám o sobě není tím, co by jejich životu dávalo smysl. Viktor Frankl říká, že je to sám život, kdo nám klade otázky, na něž máme odpovídat. A jedině když na ně odpovídáme, máme možnost naplnit smysl života. Frankl rozvíjí své základní přesvědčení, že být člověkem znamená být schopen zvolit si, jak budeme v různých situacích reagovat, jak k nim budeme přistupovat. Důkazem toho jsou jeho vlastní bolestivé zkušenosti se ztrátou, hladem a strachem ze smrti, ve kterých přese všechno dokázal nalézt i naději, přátelství a smysluplné zkušenosti. V u00adkaždé krizi se skrývá také příležitost – au00ad to prokázat svou vlastní lidskost.

"Os textos reproduzidos neste livro, transcrições de três das conferências ministradas por Viktor Frankl no ano de 1946, têm enorme força e incrível atualidade. Eles refletem sucintamente o conjunto das ideias desse grande médico e psicoterapeuta, difundidas, nas décadas seguintes, por meio de inúmeros artigos e livros. A profundidade com que Viktor Frankl ilumina a conditio humana nesses três textos não tem igual. É, portanto, extraordinário o mérito da [...] publicação deste volume do pensamento de Viktor Frankl para o público atual, em especial para os jovens." Do Prefácio de Joachim Bauer

Nos anos 30, com o aumento em massa de suicídios entre os jovens universitários em Viena, um jovem psiquiatra austríaco propôs uma terapia inovadora: ajudar os estudantes a encontrar um sentido para a vida. Nascia assim a Logoterapia, que o autor comprovou de forma terrível no campo de concentração de Auschwitz: os prisioneiros que sobreviviam não eram os mais fortes fisicamente, mas aqueles que vislumbravam um sentido para a existência. Viktor E. Frankl, que relataria a sua experiência no livro O Homem em Busca de um Sentido, assistiu no pós-guerra ao crescimento económico da Europa e previu que, à medida que as pessoas vissem as suas necessidades básicas satisfeitas, começariam a esquecer-se do sentido da vida, e que isso acabaria por levar a um enorme vazio existencial. Neste livro (textos de 1947 a 1977) o autor vem contrariar esse vazio reafirmando os valores humanistas que se foram perdendo. O autor procura (re)encontrar o que temos de mais humano em diferentes expressões da cultura humana. Percorre a filosofia, a moralidade, mas também temas fulcrais para a psicologia , como o sexo ou a literatura, à procura daquilo que faz de nós humanos. A Voz que Grita por um Sentido quer devolver um rosto humano à psiquiatria e evidenciar o que cada um de nós tem de único e individual. E reforça a crença do autor de que num mundo confuso, só em nós próprios encontraremos um farol e um rumo para a vida.

Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning sold over 10 million copies and was translated into over 30 languages and was deemed by a survey of the Library of Congress one of “the ten most influential books in America”. This volume introduces and presents translations of a number of important but less well-known writings by Viktor Frankl, translated from the original German, in which he forthrightly relates psychology to religious concepts. These cast a strong, new light on the generally received understanding of Frankl’s contribution to psychology – “logotherapy” – and its relationship to the soul and universal ethics.

Find hope even in these dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece, a companion to his international bestseller Man’s Search for Meaning. Eleven months after he was liberated from the Nazi concentration camps, Viktor E. Frankl held a series of public lectures in Vienna. The psychiatrist, who would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience, and the importance of embracing life even in the face of great adversity. Published here for the very first time in English, Frankl’s words resonate as strongly today—as the world faces a coronavirus pandemic, social isolation, and great economic uncertainty—as they did in 1946. He offers an insightful exploration of the maxim “Live as if you were living for the second time,” and he unfolds his basic conviction that every crisis contains opportunity. Despite the unspeakable horrors of the camps, Frankl learned from the strength of his fellow inmates that it is always possible to “say yes to life”—a profound and timeless lesson for us all.

Viktor Frankl, bestselling author of Man''s Search for Meaning, explains the psychological tools that enabled him to survive the Holocaust Viktor Frankl is known to millions as the author of Man''s Search for Meaning, his harrowing Holocaust memoir. In this book, he goes more deeply into the ways of thinking that enabled him to survive imprisonment in a concentration camp and to find meaning in life in spite of all the odds. He expands upon his groundbreaking ideas and searches for answers about life, death, faith and suffering. Believing that there is much more to our existence than meets the eye, he says: ''No one will be able to make us believe that man is a sublimated animal once we can show that within him there is a repressed angel.'' In Man''s Search for Ultimate Meaning, Frankl explores our sometimes unconscious desire for inspiration or revelation. He explains how we can create meaning for ourselves and, ultimately, he reveals how life has more to offer us than we could ever imagine.

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På baggrund af tre års erfaring som koncentrationslejrfange udvikler forfatteren sin psykiatriske retning Logoterapien. Logoterapien er vel nok vor tids mest betydningsfulde psykologiske retning og et opløftende svar på de teorier, der ynder at opfatte menneskets sind som en ren maskine. Viktor E. Frankl, cand.med., PhD, 1905-1997, var professor i Neurologi og Psykiatri på University of Vienna. I 25 år var han chef for Vienna Neurological Policlinic. Hans ”Logoterapi/Eksistentielle analyse” blev med tiden kendt som den ”Tredje wienske skole for psykoterapi”. Han havde professorater på Harvard, Stanford, Dallas og Pittsburgh, og var professor i logoterapi på det amerikanske internationale universitet i San Diego, Californien. Frankls 39 bøger er udgivet på 48 sprog. Hans bog ”Man’s Search for Meaning” (Menneskets søgen efter mening) har solgt millioner af eksemplarer og er på listen over ”de ti mest betydningsfulde bøger i Amerika”.

A young readers’ edition of the best-selling classic about the Holocaust and finding meaning in suffering, with a photo insert, a glossary of terms, a chronology of Frankl’s life, and supplementary letters and speeches The Library of Congress called it “one of the ten most influential books in America”; the New York Times pronounced it “an enduring work of survival literature”; and O, The Oprah Magazine praised it as “one of the most significant books of the twentieth century.” Man’s Search for Meaning has long riveted readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. This new young readers’ edition brings a beloved classic to a new generation of readers, offering a universal tribute to coping with suffering and finding one’s purpose. An abridged text of the original book (emphasizing Frankl’s personal story, while omitting some material on his psychological theory of logotherapy) is presented here, along with supplemental materials that vividly bring Frankl’s story to life, and a foreword by prominent young adult author John Boyne. Man’s Search for Meaning: A Young Readers’ Edition will help readers ages twelve to eighteen grasp Frankl’s enduring lessons on perseverance and strength with clarity and depth.

Viktor Frankl, psichiatra, fu deportato nel settembre del 1942 a Theresienstadt, in Boemia, per poi essere trasferito ad Auschwitz, a Kaufering III e quindi a Türkheim. Scampò alla morte, ma perse le persone più care. Rientrato a Vienna dettò in soli sette giorni le sue memorie. Ciò che ne scaturì è questo libro. Un libro che ha influenzato la vita di un numero enorme di persone. Tradotto in quarantadue lingue, ha venduto più di dieci milioni di copie. Non è un trattato, ma neppure un semplice memoriale della deportazione. È un documento umano di straordinario valore, il cui successo non è dovuto tanto all''oggetto del discorso, quanto alla particolarissima prospettiva con cui viene affrontato e al profondo messaggio che trasmette: la vita vale la pena di essere vissuta in qualunque situazione e l''essere umano è capace, anche nelle peggiori condizioni, di "mutare una tragedia personale in un trionfo."

Bisher unveröffentlichte Texte des Psychotherapeuten und Begründers der Logotherapie, Viktor E. Frankl, spiegeln eindrucksvoll die ungebrochene Bereitschaft, jeder Krisensituation im Leben mit der Frage nach dem „Wie?“ zu begegnen. Vor dem Hintergrund neuer Berichte Frankls über das Erlebte im Konzentrationslager bekommt diese Bereitschaft eine existenziell radikale Dimension. Frankl antwortet in den Texten auf Fragen nach Menschenwürde, Versöhnung, Kriegsfolgen und Daseinsfragen in der ihm eigenen Philosophie. Herausgegeben werden die Texte von Professor Alexander Batthyány. Er leitet das Viktor Frankl Institut in Wien und arbeitet zusammen mit DDr. h.c. Eleonore Frankl den privaten Nachlass Viktor Frankls auf.

Wer sich öffnet für den Sinn seiner Lebenssituation mit ihren kleinen und großen Herausforderungen und Problemen, wird gesund und frei.Diese elementare Erkenntnis hat Viktor E. Frankl, ein Überlebender von Auschwitz, zur Grundlage eines neune therapeutischen Prinzipt gemacht:Heilung durch Sinnfindung. Nicht der Blick in die vielleicht schlimme, gar traumatisierende Vergangenheit macht gesund; es ist die Frage nach dem Wozu, die weiter hilft und heilt.

Viktor E. Frankl, cuya primera crisis existencial le sobreviene a una edad tan temprana como la que tenía Mozart cuando compuso su primer minué, fue incapaz de no dejar su impronta en el siglo XX: el siglo del replanteamiento de todos los valores, de la vertiginosa aceleración de todos los procesos y de la decadencia de las costumbres sometidas a una constante manipulación cotidiana. Con una extraordinaria capacidad de percepción, Frankl dedicó su vida exclusivamente a un pensamiento fundamental que, antes de él, parecía innecesario: que la vida tiene un sentido y que dicho sentido no es una imaginación nuestra, sino que realmente existe. Podemos, pues, aplicar a Frankl la famosa frase de Goethe: «En el principio era el sentido».

From the author of Man''s Search for Meaning, one of the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. Holocaust survivor Viktor E. Frankl is known as the founder of logotherapy, a mode of psychotherapy based on man''s motivation to search for meaning in his life. The author discusses his ideas in the context of other prominent psychotherapies and describes the techniques he uses with his patients to combat the "existential vacuum." Originally published in 1969 and compiling Frankl''s speeches on logotherapy, The Will to Meaning is regarded as a seminal work of meaning-centered therapy. This new and carefully re-edited version is the first since 1988.

"Es gibt nichts auf der Welt, was dem Menschen so nachdrücklich helfen kann, zu überleben und gesund zu bleiben, wie das Wissen um eine Lebensaufgabe" - so lautete das Credo des weltberühmten Psychiaters Viktor E. Frankl und Begründers der Dritten Wiener Richtung der Psychotherapie, der Logotherapie. In seinen hier erstmals vorgelegten Erinnerungen und Reflexionen beschreibt Viktor E. Frankl seine Kindheit und Jugend in Wien und seine Tätigkeit als junger Nervenarzt zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen. Er schildert die Auseinandersetzungen mit Sigmund Freud und Alfred Adler und ihren Einfluss auf die Logotherapie. 1945 gehört er zu den wenigen, die das Konzentrationslager Auschwitz überlebt haben, und kehrt nach Wien zurück. Diese autobiografische Skizze seines Lebens enthält zahlreiche bisher unveröffentlichte Ausführungen zur Entstehung der Psychoanalyse und ihrer verschiedenen Richtungen. Darüber hinaus ist das Buch ein bewegendes Zeugnis europäischer Zeit- und Geistesgeschichte.

A côté des névroses psychogènes, il existe des névroses "noogènes", expression d''une véritable détresse spirituelle du fait d''un abyssal sentiment d''absence de sens. Ce qui constitue l''apport principal de V. Frankl trouve une de ses expressions les plus abouties dans cet ouvrage qui démontre que l''inconscient humain ne parle pas seulement de pulsions insatisfaites mais ... de Dieu.

In our age of depersonalization, Frankl teaches the value of living to the fullest. Upon his death in 1997, Viktor E. Frankl was lauded as one of the most influential thinkers of our time. The Unheard Cry for Meaning marked his return to the humanism that made Man''s Search for Meaning a bestseller around the world. In these selected essays, written between 1947 and 1977, Dr. Frankl illustrates the vital importance of the human dimension in psychotherapy. Using a wide range of subjects—including sex, morality, modern literature, competitive athletics, and philosophy—he raises a lone voice against the pseudo-humanism that has invaded popular psychology and psychoanalysis. By exploring mankind''s remarkable qualities, he brilliantly celebrates each individual''s unique potential, while preserving the invaluable traditions of both Freudian analysis and behaviorism.

Die "Ärztliche Seelsorge", in der Viktor Frankl seine zentralen Thesen festhält, ist eines seiner Hauptwerke Viktor Frankls: ein engagierter Aufruf zur Entmythologisierung der Psychotherapie und zur Rehumanisierung der Medizin. Der in den dreißiger Jahren entstandene Text wurde 1946 erstmals veröffentlicht und zuletzt 1982 leicht überarbeitet. Im Vorwort schrieb Frankl damals: "Aber das Buch soll, wie gesagt, nicht nur immer, sondern auch wieder aktuell sein. Dies mag zumindest von einem Kapitel wie dem der ''Arbeitslosigkeitsneurose'' gewidmeten gelten, und wir müssen froh sein, wenn uns erspart bleibt, daß auch noch das Kapitel ''Zur Psychologie des Konzentrationslagers'' je wieder aktuell wird." Zum 100. Geburtstag von Viktor Frankl am 26. März 2004 erschien diese Neuausgabe, erstmals ergänzt mit den "Zehn Thesen über die Person".