Man's search for meaning (Record no. 49228)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-1-84-604124-2 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823/Fra |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Frankl, Viktor E. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 30296 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Man's search for meaning |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Great Britain |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Rider - An imprint of Ebury Publishing |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1959 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 154p. |
| Other physical details | Paperback |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Man's Search for Meaning was first published in 1946. Victor Frankl was a leading psychologist in Vienna when he was arrested for being a Jew during the Nazi regime. He survived holocaust and used his experiences to write this book. He propounded the theory that it is Man's constant search for meaning that allows him to survive even the most brutal, the most degrading situations in his life.<br/><br/>He said there are only two races in the world, the decent and indecent. They will maintain their innate beliefs, no matter which side they are on. The decent ones will try to help the fellow human beings and the indecent ones will be selfish and serve themselves at the cost to the others.<br/><br/>Frankl's views were different from those of the leading psychologist of his times, Freud and Adler. His research was intensely personal and unique. His findings of human behaviour were based on the most extenuating circumstances that humans face. He suffered holocaust along with several other inmates and he observed their behaviour closely. He found that those with a capability to focus on love were the ones that survived. He based this observation on a long walk he was forced into by his captors. His companion spoke about his wife. This made Frankl think about his wife and the thought of her took his mind away from his current agony of being hit with rifle butts by his captors for dawdling.<br/><br/>The book has been listed as one of the 10 most influential books. It has a message of hope that has continued to inspire readers down the years. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
| 9 (RLIN) | 30297 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Main Library | Main Library | 23/02/2018 | Readers World - Bill No. 920/Dt. 17-02-2018 | 224.25 | 12 | 1 | 823/Fra/35381 | 11135381 | 26/09/2023 | 16/09/2023 | 299.00 | 23/02/2018 |