Embracing Hope: On Freedom, Responsibility and the Meaning of Life
posthumous collection · First published 2024
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Viktor E. Frankl (1905–1997) was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who developed logotherapy and existential analysis, emphasizing the human search for meaning and responsibility. After surviving Nazi concentration camps, he wrote influential memoirs and works on psychotherapy, psychiatry, religion, suffering, freedom, and meaning.
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Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager
The central memoir and the most accessible introduction to Frankl's experience and meaning-centered outlook.
Die Psychotherapie in der Praxis: Eine kasuistische Einführung für Ärzte
A strong starting point for studying Frankl's clinical theory and practice.
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Books by series
collected works · complete
Gesammelte Werke
The posthumous collected works of Viktor E. Frankl, combining major books with letters, archival materials, previously unpublished writings, lectures, interviews, and selected texts.
- 1 Gesammelte Werke, Teilband 1: …trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen / Ausgewählte Briefe 1945–1949
Book 1 · collected works · 2005
- 2 Gesammelte Werke, Teilband 2: Psychologie des Konzentrationslagers / Synchronisation in Birkenwald / Ausgewählte Texte 1945–1993
Book 2 · collected works · 2006
- 3 Gesammelte Werke, Teilband 3: Die Psychotherapie in der Praxis / Ausgewählte Texte über angewandte Psychotherapie
Book 3 · collected works · 2008
- 4 Gesammelte Werke, Teilband 4: Ärztliche Seelsorge / Vorarbeiten zu einer sinnorientierten Psychotherapie
Book 4 · collected works · 2011
- 5 Gesammelte Werke, Teilband 5: Psychotherapie, Psychiatrie und Religion
Book 5 · collected works · 2018
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Bibliography by category
Novels (9)
- Ärztliche Seelsorge: Grundlagen der Logotherapie und Existenzanalyse
nonfiction · 1946
- Die Psychotherapie in der Praxis: Eine kasuistische Einführung für Ärzte
nonfiction · 1948
- Der unbewusste Gott: Psychotherapie und Religion
nonfiction · 1948
- Der unbedingte Mensch: Metaklinische Vorlesungen
nonfiction · 1949
- Homo patiens: Versuch einer Pathodizee
nonfiction · 1950
- The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy
nonfiction · 1969
- Das Leiden am sinnlosen Leben: Psychotherapie für heute
nonfiction · 1977
- Bergerlebnis und Sinnerfahrung
nonfiction · 1978
Nonfiction (2)
- Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager
memoir · 1946
- Was nicht in meinen Büchern steht: Lebenserinnerungen
memoir · 1995
Essays and speeches (4)
- …trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen: Drei Vorträge
essay collection · 1946
Mehrere Jahre musste der österreichische Psychologe Viktor E. Frankl in deutschen Konzentrationslagern verbringen. Doch trotz all des Leids, das er dort sah und erlebte, kam er zu dem Schluss, dass es selbst an Orten der größten…
- Psychotherapy and Existentialism: Selected Papers on Logotherapy
essay collection · 1967
- Psychotherapie für den Alltag: Rundfunkvorträge über Seelenheilkunde
essay collection · 1971
- The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism
essay collection · 1978
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…
Plays (1)
Posthumous collections (5)
- Frühe Schriften 1923–1942
posthumous collection · 2005
- The Feeling of Meaninglessness: A Challenge to Psychotherapy and Philosophy
posthumous collection · 2010
In The Feeling of Meaninglessness, Viktor Frankl, the founder of logotherapy, a psychotherapeutic method which focus on a will to meaning as the driving force of human life, takes a look at how the modern condition affects the human…
- Es kommt der Tag, da bist du frei: Unveröffentlichte Briefe, Texte und Reden
posthumous collection · 2015
- Sinn, Freiheit und Verantwortung: Mit unveröffentlichten Texten aus dem Nachlass
posthumous collection · 2023
- Embracing Hope: On Freedom, Responsibility and the Meaning of Life
posthumous collection · 2024
Collaborations (2)
- Im Anfang war der Sinn: Von der Psychoanalyse zur Logotherapie
co-authored book · 1982
- Gottsuche und Sinnfrage
co-authored dialogue · 2005
Frequently asked questions about Viktor E. Frankl
Who was Viktor E. Frankl?
Viktor E. Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who founded logotherapy and existential analysis, a meaning-centered school of psychotherapy. He was born in Vienna in 1905 and died there in 1997.
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What was Viktor E. Frankl’s career?
Frankl was a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna and directed the Vienna Neurological Policlinic from 1946 to 1970. He also held guest professorships, including at Harvard University, and later taught logotherapy in San Diego.
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Who influenced Viktor E. Frankl’s ideas?
Frankl’s early thinking was influenced by Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis and Alfred Adler’s individual psychology. He later moved beyond both approaches and developed his own emphasis on meaning, freedom, and responsibility.
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What happened to Viktor E. Frankl during the Holocaust?
Because he was Jewish, Frankl was persecuted by the Nazis and deported to Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Dachau subcamps. He survived, but his mother, brother, and first wife were murdered, and these experiences strongly informed his later meaning-centered psychotherapy.
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What awards did Viktor E. Frankl receive, and what is his legacy?
Frankl was the first non-American psychiatrist to receive the American Psychiatric Association’s Oskar Pfister Prize and received 29 honorary doctorates. His legacy continues through the Viktor Frankl Institute and numerous logotherapy education and research centers worldwide.
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