Logotherapy and existential analysis: an assessment of the situation
We continue our exploration of the current state of logotherapy, drawing on the recently published landmark book in German and Russian by the distinguished theorists and practitioners of logotherapy, Elisabeth Lukas and Alexander Batthyány. In this issue we will continue to examine the differences in the approaches of Viktor Frankl and Alfried Langlais, and reiterate that this is extremely important at the moment, because logotherapy is rapidly increasing the audience of professionals interested in it, and there is a misconception that the now living Alfried Längle is a continuator of Frankl’s ideas and promotes logotherapy, which is not true, because there are conceptual differences between the existential analysis of Alfried Längle and the logotherapy of Viktor Frankl which do not allow for the development of logotherapy. At this point it has become necessary to clarify some important theoretical points. This will be very important and helpful to members of both schools. In this excerpt we publish a continuation of the chapter “Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy and Alfried Längle Personal Project” and invite colleagues to discuss it. Attention will be paid to such issues as: the concept of the spiritual person, the difference between meaning and motivation, and the question of meaning in scientific research.