El hombre en busca de sentido

Synopsis of El hombre en busca de sentido

«El hombre en busca de sentido» is Viktor Frankl's essay on logotherapy and the search for meaning, published by Herder Editorial in hardcover (168 pages, in Spanish).

Viktor Frankl, psychiatrist and survivor of the concentration camps, recounts his experience there to explain his theory of logotherapy, centered on the human capacity to find meaning in life even in extreme suffering. The work reflects on inner freedom, dignity and each person's responsibility before life.

Third revised edition. Frankl (1905-1997) founded logotherapy, also known as the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy. The work has been translated into fifty languages and, according to the Library of Congress, is among the ten most influential books in the United States.

For readers of psychology, philosophy or Holocaust history, and also for those seeking an existential reflection on how to face suffering.