In this episode we unpack Jewish-Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's classic book "Man's Search for Meaning" from 1946.
This Book Explores...
Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo
Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault
The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Barbara Spadaro
Theme Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
O2:09 Context of book
0:3:36 Egoism & Altruism amongst Prisoners
09:11 Phase 1: Denial
09:58 The Delusion of Reprieve
12:10 Phase 2: Apathy
13:31 Psychology of Guards
16:15 Two Types of Trauma
18:51 Phase 3: Anger
20:05 The desire for Revenge
22:40 Truth and Reconciliation after WW2
Forgive but not Forget
26:15 Finding Meaning Through Suffering
31:00 Finding Meaning Through Love & Work
33:20 Logotherapy in a Nutshell
33:44 The Will to Meaning
36:28 Paradoxical Intention
37:20 The Paradox of Striving for Happiness
40:02 The Meaning of Life
40:57 How The Meaning of Life Changes During the Course of One’s Life
44:00 The Is One Correct Answer to Every Situation in Life
46:24 “Live as if you were living already for the second time…”
48:47 Outro