Finding Meaning in Life, at Midlife and Beyond

David Guttmann is Emeritus Professor and former Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Haifa in Israel. An internationally known expert on logotherapy, and personal friend of the late Viktor E. Frankl - the famed founder of logotherapy - author Guttman received the Grand Award for lifetime achievement in logotherapy from the Viktor Frankl Foundation and the City of Vienna in 2003. In other roles that helped fuel the issues raised in this book, he served as Presidential appointee to the White House Conference on Aging, Founding Member of the Southern Gerontological Society of America, Academic Advisor to the Golda Meir International Training Center in Community Development, and Director at the Center for the Study of Aging at the National Catholic School of Social Service at Catholic University of America. He has authored, co-authored, or edited 12 earlier books.

Introduction
Acknowledgement
First Part Philosophical Approaches to Aging and
Meaning in Life
Chapter one: "On old age that steals on us fast"
Chapter two: Spiritual development in the second half of life
Chapter three: The search for happiness
Chapter four: Meaningful living according to logotherapy
Chapter five: Guiding principles for meaningful living
Chapter six: The courage to be authentic
Chapter seven: The concept of meaning
Chapter eight: Life as a task
Chapter nine: On fate and on meaningful living
Chapter ten: Despair as "mortal illness"
Second Part Applied Aspects to Meaningful Living
Chapter eleven: "The gifts of the gods"
Chapter twelve: The importance of laughter and humor
Chapter thirteen: Dealing with guilt and remorse
Chapter fourteen: Coping with loneliness
Chapter fifteen: A logotherapeutic perspective on death
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