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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Timothy PytellPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Edition: Abridged edition Volume: 23 ISBN: 9781789208078ISBN 10: 1789208076 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 09 March 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Viktor Frankl and Man's Search for Meaning Chapter 1. The First Attempt to Find Meaning Chapter 2. The Second Attempt to Find meaning Chapter 3. Frankl's Ordination: From Theory to Praxis Chapter 4. The Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy Chapter 5. The Doctor Perseveres Chapter 6. Surviving and Working Through to Redemption Chapter 7. The Flight into the Spiritual Chapter 8. Forgetting, Reconfiguring and Vergangheitsbewaltigung Chapter 9. Frankl in America: Transcending the Angel Beast Bibliography IndexReviewsAs an introduction to Frankl's ideas and their relationship to broader mid-twentieth-century intellectual currents, Pytell's biography is an important contribution to the literature on Frankl and the contorted circumstances of his life. * American Historical Review Pytell's perceptive study should be read by any student of the Holocaust and any student of the postwar history of humanistic psychology. Pytell judges Frankl, but does so with generosity and compassion. Frankl, too, was a victim of the Holocaust. * Holocaust and Genocide Studies This work is a great case study in the intellectual history of the twentieth century and the impact of the Holocaust therein. * Journal of Austrian Studies The book has extensive notes and a major bibliography that includes interviews, periodicals, and unpublished documents. Frankl's logotherapy-from logos, meaning-emphasizes creativity, love, and our attitude toward 'unalterable fate.' Some critics view logotherapy as superficial, offering consolation more than challenge. Intellectually demanding, this is a scholarly, commendable biography and intellectual history. Lay readers will be challenged; psychologists and historians will be grateful. * Library Journal (starred review) Pytell's book fills an important gap in the literature on one of the most famous and, until now, least controversial psychotherapists of the twentieth century. Unlike earlier works on Frankl, this book avoids hagiography and places Frankl in the full political, social, historical, and intellectual contexts of his times. It is the first work to synthesize Frankl's life and work in his time and place. * Geoffrey Cocks, Albion College As an introduction to Frankl's ideas and their relationship to broader mid-twentieth-century intellectual currents, Pytell's biography is an important contribution to the literature on Frankl and the contorted circumstances of his life. - American Historical Review Pytell's perceptive study should be read by any student of the Holocaust and any student of the postwar history of humanistic psychology. Pytell judges Frankl, but does so with generosity and compassion. Frankl, too, was a victim of the Holocaust. - Holocaust and Genocide Studies This work is a great case study in the intellectual history of the twentieth century and the impact of the Holocaust therein. - Journal of Austrian Studies The book has extensive notes and a major bibliography that includes interviews, periodicals, and unpublished documents. Frankl's logotherapy--from logos, meaning--emphasizes creativity, love, and our attitude toward 'unalterable fate.' Some critics view logotherapy as superficial, offering consolation more than challenge. Intellectually demanding, this is a scholarly, commendable biography and intellectual history. Lay readers will be challenged; psychologists and historians will be grateful. - Library Journal (starred review) Pytell's book fills an important gap in the literature on one of the most famous and, until now, least controversial psychotherapists of the twentieth century. Unlike earlier works on Frankl, this book avoids hagiography and places Frankl in the full political, social, historical, and intellectual contexts of his times. It is the first work to synthesize Frankl's life and work in his time and place. - Geoffrey Cocks, Albion College Author InformationTimothy Pytell is Chair of the History department at California State University, San Bernardino. He published an abridged version of this biography, titled Viktor Frankl: Das Ende eines Mythos, in German in 2005. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |