Two psychotherapies in the 19th and 20th centuries : Dostoevsky and Frank

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  • 癒しの人間学・今昔 : ドストエフスキーとヴィクトール・フランクル
  • イヤシ ノ ニンゲンガク ・ コンジャク : ドストエフスキー ト ヴィクトール ・ フランクル

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In Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov, Father Zosima appears as a great therapist who provides a very original soul therapy to the Russian people, bringing a ray of hope to folk in despair. One could call it logotherapy from the 19th century. Logotherapy was created by Victor E. Frankl in the 20th century. Dostoevsky and Frankl had very similar experience in that they both faced extreme hardship. Their psychotherapies resulted from their respective situations, and we can perceive a certain sympathy with Dostoevsky in the theory of Frankl.

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  • Comparatio

    Comparatio 22 1-11, 2018-12-28

    Society of Comparative Cultural Studies, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University

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