Tradition
Existential Psychology / Logotherapy
How can a person remain responsible to meaning under suffering, uncertainty, and constraint?
Why it belongs in Atlas
A tradition at the border of psychology and philosophy that treats meaning, freedom, responsibility, and suffering as clinical and existential realities.
Key thinkerViktor Frankl
A psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, and founder of logotherapy, Frankl made meaning, responsibility, and inner freedom central problems of psychology.
Key bookMan's Search for MeaningA compact entry into suffering, freedom, responsibility, and the human need for meaning under pressure.
Beginner orbitThe Burden of FreedomA compact route into the existential problem: how humans make meaning under pressure, uncertainty, and freedom.
MeaningSufferingResponsibilityFreedom