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wife's poetry Jewish Literature Resources for "Man's Search for Meaning," by Viktor Frankl For the Thursday, September 22, 2005 class, I volunteered to report
on Viktor Frankl's book Man's Search for Meaning.This
page gives the students in my classes easy access to Internet sources
related to Viktor Frankl. For the specific notes I will use in giving
my oral report, see My
Notes.
- Dictionary
definition and pronunciation of logotherapy.
- A
paragrah long explanation of logothrapy from an on-line encyclopedia.
- To see photos of Viktor Frankl, just click on the links. First
photo | Second
photo
- Interested in purchasing the book? Try Amazon.Com
where you can find used copies for under $5. You can even read
selections from the book on Amazon.
- Dr. C. George
Boeree of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania wrote an excellent
article about Frankl, including biography, several especially meaningful
quotes from the book, and an explanation of Frankl's logotherapy,
a psychological theory and treatment modality. Frankl believed logotherapy
could help cure mental illnesses by leading the patients in their
search for their own personal, individual meaning for existence.
- Genrich
L. Krasko, on the staff of MIT, wrote a lengthy article about
Frankl whom Krasko calls "The Prophet of Meaning." Krasko
goes into Frankl's early training and his association with Freud.
When I pasted Professor Krasko's article into Word, I found that it
runs twenty-nine pages. These twenty-nine pages are packed with specifics
about Frankl's theory of logotherapy and how it put him at odds with
both Freud and Adler.
- The results
of a Google search for only edu (college or university)
websites relating to Viktor Frankl and logotherapy. According to Google,
all these sites have been updated in the last six months, and they
are all in English.
- The official
website in English of the Viktor Frankl Institute in Vienna, Austria.
The University
of Pennsylvania is hosting a conference on Viktor Frankl.
Sunday, October 30, 2005. The conference title is "A Search
for Meaning in Life at Every Stage: Honor the Living Legacy
of Viktor Frankl". Website includes the exact location
as well as the email address of a person to contact if you are
interested in attending. The information on this conference
includes the statement "There is now evidence of increasing
acknowledgement of the human spirituality and search for meaning
which Frankl required as a crucial adjunct to psychotherapy.
We are hosting a conference and tribute by academia posthumously
on his works and contributions in existential psychology and
logotherapy."
Students are allowed to attend the conference free -- so be
sure to wear your student ID badge. Conference
application. |
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