Editing Man's Search for Meaning (section)

{{Short description|1946 book by Viktor Frankl}}
{{Infobox book|
| name = Man's Search for Meaning
| title_orig = Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager
| translator = Ilse Lasch (Part One)
| image = Trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen (Viktor Frankl novel) cover.jpg
| caption = Second edition (1947)
| author = [[Viktor E. Frankl]]
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country = Austria
| language = German
| series =
| genre = [[Autobiography]], [[psychotherapy]]
| publisher = Verlag für Jugend und Volk (Austria)<br />[[Beacon Press]] (English)
| release_date = 1946 (Vienna, Austria)<br />1959 (United States)
| media_type =
| pages = 200| isbn = 080701429X
| oclc = 233687922
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = [[The Doctor and the Soul]]: From Psychotherapy in Logotherapy
}}

'''''Man's Search for Meaning''''' ({{Langx|de|... trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen. Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager|4=... Say Yes to Life: A Psychologist Experiences the Concentration Camp}}) is a 1946 book by [[Viktor Frankl]] chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in [[Nazi concentration camps]] during World War II, and describing his [[psychotherapeutic]] method, which involved identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion of tasks, caring for another person, or finding meaning by facing suffering with dignity.

Frankl observed that among the fellow inmates in the concentration camp, those who survived were able to connect with a purpose in life to feel positive about and who then immersed themselves in imagining that purpose in their own way, such as conversing with an (imagined) loved one. According to Frankl, the way a prisoner imagined the future affected his longevity.

The book intends to answer the question "How was everyday life in a concentration camp reflected in the mind of the average prisoner?" Part One constitutes Frankl's analysis of his experiences in the concentration camps, while Part Two introduces his ideas of [[Meaning (existential)|meaning]] and his theory for the link between people's health and their sense of meaning in life. He called this theory [[logotherapy]], and there are now multiple [[List of logotherapy institutes|logotherapy institutes]] around the world.

According to a survey conducted by the [[Book-of-the-Month Club]] and the [[Library of Congress]], ''Man's Search for Meaning'' belongs to a list of "the ten most influential books in the United States."<ref name="Fein 1991">{{cite news|last=Fein|first=Esther|title=Book Notes |work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/20/books/book-notes-059091.html|year=1991 |access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref> At the time of the author's death in 1997, the book had sold over 10 million copies and had been translated into 24 languages.<ref name="dies at 92">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/04/world/dr-viktor-e-frankl-of-vienna-psychiatrist-of-the-search-for-meaning-dies-at-92.html|title=Dr. Viktor E. Frankl of Vienna, Psychiatrist of the Search for Meaning, Dies at 92|last=Noble|first=Holcomb B.|date=September 4, 1997|work=The New York Times|page=B-7|access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="InstituteVienna">{{cite web|title=Viktor Frankl Life and Work|publisher=Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna|url=http://www.viktorfrankl.org/e/lifeandwork.html|year=2011|access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref>