Meaning of life and pedagogy impulses of thought by Viktor E. Frankl

Contents

Introduction

Part i
humans and their existential problems. Searching for answers in the proposal
of viktor e. Frankl

chapter one

Viktor e. Frankl and his theory
viktor e. Frankl – biographical elements
frankl’s theory in isolation from the views of sigmund freud and alfred adler

chapter two

The loss and crisis of meaning. A phenomenological perspective
existential void
The loss of meaning as a neurotic phenomenon
Possible causes of the crisis of meaning
Phenomenological attitude

chapter three

Meaning as a way out of existential crisis
The way out of existential crisis
The concepts of meaning and values
Conscience as an organ of meaning

Chapter four

The question of meaning and the questioner
The question of meaning
The possibility of finding the answer
The principle of dialogue and the question of meaning
The person as the subject – the carrier of meaning

Part ii
the significance of the search
for the meaning of life for pedagogy

Chapter five

From questions in general to the question of the meaning
Principles of pedagogical thought and practice
The philosophical foundations of pedagogy
The interrelationship of questions of a pedagogical and psychotherapeutic nature
An attempt to bring the positions closer together. A phenomenological perspective

chapter six

The role of questioning in human existence
The relationship between questions and answers
The inductive path of cognition
The pedagogical significance of the question of meaning
The importance of conscience in the search for meaning
The question of duty

chapter seven

The question of meaning
The place of existential analysis
The significance of the question of meaning
A question of values
The significance of conscience
Responsibility as an answer

chapter eight

The questioner
The personal self in pedagogy
The concept of a person in existential analysis
Humans in search of themselves
A pedagogical attempt at synthesis

conclusion

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