Overview :Kindness is the foundation of the world's great religions and most-enduring philosophies. Why, then, does being kind feel so dangerous? If w... Read More
Overview :People tend to flirt only with serious things--madness, disaster, other people's affections. So is flirtation dangerous, exploiting the ambi... Read More
Overview :From a death row prison on a storm-swept coast to the dark old-growth forests of Oregon, to the hardscrabble semi-pro diamonds of the unsett... Read More
Overview :From acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, a meditation on what we must give up to feel more alive. To give up or not to give up? The quest... Read More
Overview :Written in his beloved epigrammatic and aphoristic style, Equals extends Adam Phillips's probings into the psychological and the political, ... Read More
Overview :Psychoanalysis works by attending to the patient's side effects, "what falls out of his pockets once he starts speaking." Undergoing psychoa... Read More
Overview :Every day, we are told that balance is a good thing. We are supposed to make balanced judgments, balance our budget, and preserve a balance ... Read More
Overview :Signed by Illustrator Shawn Martinbrough. Another signature is present but remains undetermined. Dust jacket is in good condition, with mino... Read More
Overview :In this sparkling, provocative collection of meditations on coupledom and its discontents, Adam Phillips manages to unsettle one of our most... Read More
Overview :Everything depends on what, if anything, we find interesting: on what we are encouraged and educated to find interesting, and what we find o... Read More
Overview :To talk about getting better--about wanting to change in ways that we might choose and prefer--is to talk about pursuing the life we want, i... Read More
Overview :Iris Murdoch once suggested that to understand any philosopher's work we must ask what he or she is frightened of. To understand any psychoa... Read More
Overview :We live in a world in which we are invited to change--to become our best selves through politics, or fitness, or diet, or therapy. We change... Read More
Overview :In this uniquely brilliant and insightful book, acclaimed essayist and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips meditates on the notion of escape in our ... Read More