Are we too obsessed with excess?
What can childhood teach us about bad behaviour?
And should we be happy, or is there something better we might be?
In On Balance, acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips explores a variety of urgent concerns related to how we attempt to manage our conflicting desires, needs and motives.
In essays on excess, childhood development, fairy tales and the pursuit of happiness, Phillips provides exhilarating arguments, witty wordplay and much intellectual and emotional food for thought on literature and life.
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. 2011. Paperback. Are we too obsessed with excess? What can childhood teach us about bad behaviour? And should we be happy, or is there something better we might be? This title explores a variety of urgent concerns related to how we attempt to manage our conflicting desires, needs and motives. It provides arguments, wordplay and more. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236. . . . . . Codice articolo V9780241143896
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. 2011. Paperback. Are we too obsessed with excess? What can childhood teach us about bad behaviour? And should we be happy, or is there something better we might be? This title explores a variety of urgent concerns related to how we attempt to manage our conflicting desires, needs and motives. It provides arguments, wordplay and more. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9780241143896
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