Assignment 3.1: Frankl Book Critique/Alternate Assignment
Please read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and review Part I pp. IX–93 and Part II pp. 97–165 reading selections from this week and last week. • Describe, in one paragraph, the primary thesis of Man's Search for Meaning and how Frankl's theory on Logotherapy was developed. • How is nursing theory similarly developed? • How is this book and Logotherapy relevant to nursing theory and development? Make a connection between Frankl's experiences and his observations on meaning-making amidst his suffering and how his story relates to other nursing theorists, their observations, and their experiences that led to the development of their theories. Provide 1–2 examples of nursing theory relevance. • Discuss the book's relevance and provide examples to nursing knowledge and advanced practice. • What is your opinion of the book?
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Please read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and review Part I pp. IX–93 and Part II pp. 97–165 reading selections from this week and last week.
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Describe, in one paragraph, the primary thesis of Man's Search for Meaning and how Frankl's theory on Logotherapy was developed.
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How is nursing theory similarly developed?
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How is this book and Logotherapy relevant to nursing theory and development? Make a connection between Frankl's experiences and his observations on meaning-making amidst his suffering and how his story relates to other nursing theorists, their observations, and their experiences that led to the development of their theories. Provide 1–2 examples of nursing theory relevance.
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Discuss the book's relevance and provide examples to nursing knowledge and advanced practice.
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What is your opinion of the book?
The primary thesis of Man's search for meaning is that when everything is taken away, and the primitive life and effort of having to concentrate on just saving one's skin become the norm, a person's inner life intensifies to help them find refuge from emptiness. At this point of nothingness, when the only thing left is the freedom to choose one's attitude, a man does not simply become a product of many conditional and environmental factors. Instead, as difficult as life may become, man can overcome apathy, suppress irritability, and display independence of mind, choosing not to submit to powers or circumstances that threaten to rob the person of their inner freedom and dignity. However, as Frankl observed in the Auschwitz concentration camp when prisoners submit to events that threaten to rob them of their inner freedom, they lose faith in the future; with a loss of confidence in the future, mental and physical decay follow, thus leading to a rapid decline. With this observation, Frankl developed the theory of Logotherapy. This therapy reorients a patient to the future and on the meanings to be fulfilled by the patient in their future. (Frankl et al., 2006, pg. 98).
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