Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (Logotherapy)

Описание: Discussing Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, including Frankl's logotherapy theory and his concept of "Sunday neurosis", the modern equivalent of the Sunday scaries. This video includes analysis and direct quotes from Man's Search for Meaning, part I is set during the Holocaust.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:10 Why You Should Read This Book
3:21 Book Preface
4:13 Part I: Experiences in a Concentration Camp
8:30 Part II: Logotherapy Explained
12:44 Self-Transcendence & Hierarchy of Needs
14:19 Existential Vacuum & America vs Europe
17:08 Sunday Scaries (Sunday Neurosis)
18:24 Book Critics (Tragic Optimism vs Toxic Positivity)
20:14 Dimensional Conjecture & One Final Quote
22:10 Outro

Dr. Viktor Emil Frankl, born in 1905, was an Austrian psychologist, author of 39 books, and survivor of the Holocaust. Man's Search for Meaning is his 1946 book detailing his personal account of his three years across four concentration camps during World War II.

Logotherapy contrasted with the driving human life philosophies/pursuits professed by historical thinkers:
Karl Marx = Economic
Sigmund Freud = Pleasure
Alfred Adler = Power
Joseph Campbell = Rapture of Being Alive
Viktor Frankl = Meaning

🚩Marx & Freud are clearly in another echelon from Adler and Campbell. I have a soft spot for Campbell though. :)

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Regarding Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, I am well aware it is not the torchbearer of objective scientific theories. The precise hierarchy of needs can surely be contested, but the overarching concept is unmistakably intuitive. Some things are self evident. Try attaining enlightenment in a room without oxygen.

Sunday neurosis: “That kind of depression which afflicts people who become aware of the lack of content in their lives when the rush of the busy week is over and the void within themselves becomes manifest.” -VF

Many people now call it the "Sunday night blues" or "Sunday Scaries." Frankl would likely say these individuals haven't found their purpose or haven't ascribed their suffering to a higher meaning.

One way to tackle the Sunday Scaries is to look at the workweek ahead and try to find opportunities where you can experience flow, or a sense of timelessness, in engaging work. We covered Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's revolutionary concept of flow in an earlier video, which you can find here:    • flow state by MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ► Th...  

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🚾 Works Cited
Frankl, Viktor E. "Man's Search for Meaning" (1946) Beacon Press. Boston, MA.

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