The Noon Study Group will be on recess on Fridays, May 30, June 6, & June 13

We will resume our discussions on June 20 when we’ll take on a new subject:  Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. 

Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and Holocaust survivor. He advocated the theory that the primary motivation of an individual is the search for meaning in life.

Man’s Search for Meaning argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward.  This work by Frankl, first published in 1946, has become one of the most influential books of our times, selling over sixteen million copies worldwide.   Part One constitutes Frankl’s analysis of his experiences in the concentration camps. Part Two introduces Frankl’s ideas of meaning and his theory for the link between people’s health and their sense of meaning in life.  Our group will be using an edition of Man’s Search for Meaning that contains an introduction by Rabbi Harold Kushner.  Copies of this text are available through a variety of internet booksellers.  (Check CBI’s web site or weekly announcements for updates and a link).  If you have questions, contact Jay Jacoby at  jbjacoby@charlotte.edu.