{"product_id":"after-meaning-jamie-thornberry-9798241839893","title":"After Meaning: What Frankl Reveals About the Human Person","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter Meaning\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosophical examination of Viktor Frankl's witness in the concentration camps and what it reveals about the human person when stripped of comfort, identity, and control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than offering inspiration or therapeutic application, this work asks a more difficult question: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat remains of the human being when meaning itself becomes a demand rather than a comfort?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrankl is often remembered for hope.\u003cbr\u003eThis book reads him more carefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from Frankl's own testimony, \u003cb\u003eAfter Meaning\u003c\/b\u003e explores the anthropological implications of life under radical deprivation-where freedom is no longer experienced as power, choice, or self-expression, but as burden and responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe camps did not simply test psychological resilience.\u003cbr\u003eThey exposed something deeper: a human capacity to remain answerable to meaning even when all external supports are removed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work does not attempt to explain suffering away, resolve existential tension, or prescribe techniques for coping. Instead, it bears witness to a reality modern thought struggles to name-the persistence of moral obligation and interior freedom when identity, narrative, and agency collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is written for readers who approach Viktor Frankl not as a motivational figure, but as a philosophical witness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt will appeal to those interested in: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophical anthropology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eExistential moral responsibility\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe limits of psychological explanation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreedom understood as obligation rather than preference\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeaning as something discovered and demanded, not constructed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter Meaning\u003c\/b\u003e is not a book that persuades.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book that stands where explanation ends-and asks what kind of being the human person must be for Frankl's testimony to be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamie Thornberry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798241839893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d","brand":"Jamie Thornberry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997338120447,"sku":"9798241839893","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-meaning-jamie-thornberry-9798241839893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}