Also: this is an interesting use case to see what the improved "related posts" feature turns up.

One of the wisest and most beautiful books ever written, I think.  Hugely influential.

elvismercury

My memory is fading as I get older, but this book sticks with me even though I actually read it 50 years ago in high school. Damn, I'm old. Great writeup, as usual. Thanks.

siggy47

Such an incredible book. I haven't read it in so many years. I need to pick it up again. 

grayruby

> why hasn’t the term ‘logotherapy’ become mainstream yet?

'Mainstream' is a high bar for a term of art, but in counselling psychology I'd say that most people know what it is.  Also keep in mind that this is now, what, sixty years old?  So pieces of this migrate elsewhere.  In modern therapeutic traditions, meaning-making is a significant part of it.

I devoured your review. The question that comes to my mind is, why hasn’t the term ‘logotherapy’ become mainstream yet? It sounds a bit similar to the Japanese word, ikigai, which means living according to one’s life purpose. I have heard of Viktor and his sufferings before, but “logotherapy” is something TIL

cryotosensei

Yeah, no. It's not *my* sort of book.

I don't like the style of writing, nor the words used and it's written fairly academic as well in my opinion, simply doesn't work for me.

Fabs

Have a long plane right coming up. Just downloaded will give it a shot.

On my list to read. My wife read it and recommends it.

kepford

> On the average, only those prisoners could keep alive who, after years of trekking from camp to camp, had lost all scruples in their fight for existence; they were prepared to use every means, honest and otherwise, even brutal force, theft, and betrayal of their friends, in order to save themselves. We who have come back, by the aid of many lucky chances or miracles - whatever one may choose to call them - we know: the best of us did not return.

Haunting.