Going Sane - Brossura

Phillips, Adam

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ISBN 10: 0007155360 ISBN 13: 9780007155361

Casa editrice: Collins, 2007

Riassunto

A psychoanalytical exploration of the nature of sanity and madness argues for a new definition of sanity that acknowledges the pervasiveness of irrational and chaotic elements in everyday life, presenting reassuring recommendations about how to approach life from a balanced perspective. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Phillips has made psychoanalytic thought livelier and more poetic than ever... One of [his] finest and most broadly appealing books.” (New York Times)

“Phillips offers a detailed description of what sanity can mean today.” (Los Angeles Times)

“Beautifully written...clever and funny, and properly profound...A lovely addition to Phillips’ guides to living a happier life.” (GQ)

“Phillip’s arguments, both thought provoking and provocative, may affect future definitions of sanity and madness.” (Publishers Weekly)

As surely as vanilla is a flavor, sanity is a property, and this book delineates its parameters with considerable erudition.” (Andrew Solomon, author of THE NOONDAY DEMON, winner of the National Book Award)

“Bracing and provocative. Should be enough alone to make whole shelvesful of parenting guides self-destruct.”-- (The Observer)

“Wise and subtle. Going Sane has some superbly suggestive things to say about childhood, depression, autism and schizophrenia.”-- (Irish Times)

“Winningly articulate, enlightening but never patronising, [Adam Phillips] is a born writer...Going Sane is written with elegance and zest.” (Arena)

“Challenging and inspiring ...Going Sane is an indispensable guide to what wisdom means today.” (John Gray, professor of political thought at the London School of Economics)

“Phillips is, as ever, an original and lucid spirit, a buzzing intellectual gadfly in the ointment of our easy answers.” (Daphne Merkin, author of DREAMING OF HITLER: Passions and Provocations)

L'autore:

Adam Phillips is the author of eleven previous books, including Side Effects and Houdini's Box. He writes regularly for the New York Times, the London Review of Books, and The Observer. He lives in London.

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• Editore: Collins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0007155360
• ISBN 13: 9780007155361
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile