On Kindness by Phillips, Adam
On Kindness by Phillips, Adam

On Kindness

In this brilliant, epigrammatic book, the eminent psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and the social historian Barbara Taylor examine...
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Author: Adam Phillips
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On Kindness by Phillips, Adam

On Kindness

$44.00
On Kindness by Phillips, Adam

On Kindness

$44.00
Author: Adam Phillips
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

In this brilliant, epigrammatic book, the eminent psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and the social historian Barbara Taylor examine the terrors of kindness and return to the reader the intense satisfactions of generosity and compassion.

Kindness is the foundation of the world's great religions and most-enduring philosophies. Why, then, does being kind feel so dangerous? If we crave kindness with such intensity, why is it often the last pleasure we permit ourselves? And why--despite our longing--are we often suspicious when we are on the receiving end of it?

Drawing on intellectual history, literature, psychoanalysis, and contemporary social theory, this brief and essential book will return to its readers what Marcus Aurelius declared was mankind's greatest delight: the intense satisfactions of generosity and compassion.

Author: Adam Phillips, Barbara Taylor
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 06/22/2010
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.50w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780312429744


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/01/2010 pg. 24

About the Author

Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst and the author of more than a dozen books, all widely acclaimed, including On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored; Going Sane; and Side Effects.

Barbara Taylor has published several highly regarded books on the history of feminism, including the award-winning Eve and the New Jerusalem.

She and Adam Phillips both live in London.


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