Viktor Emil Frankl
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- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics, Psychology, Psychiatry
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, World War II, Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples, Holocaust
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
Article abstract: Frankl turned his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps into an enduring work of survival literature and originated logotherapy, a existential system of psychological treatment emphasizing that the search for meaning in life is the key to psychological health.
Early Life
Born and raised in Vienna, Austria, Viktor Emil Frankl was the middle child of Gabriel Frankl, a high-ranking civil servant, and Elsa Lion, a descendant of Jewish religious leaders. Frankl described his family, religiously observant middle-class Jews, as...
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