Jewish psychiatrist Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) reflects on his experiences in Nazi death camps with a focus on how and why some people did better than others under those extremely stressful conditions. Newcomers to the camps soon became emotionally detached from the horrors they saw every day, the detachment serving as a survival technique. Frankl concludes that people must feel that their lives have meaning, and the meaning differs from person to person as they seek to fulfill the tasks their individual lives set for them.
There are over 12 million copies of Man's Search for Meaning in print worldwide, making it a classic of the 20th century. Besides being insightful and profound, it is also surprisingly readable.
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