{"product_id":"the-life-you-want-9780374617974","title":"The Life You Want","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Phillips, the foremost psychoanalytic writer of our time, plays with ideas about the lives we want. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere do we get ideas about the lives we want? And, what do we do--and fail to do--about actually getting them? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Life You Want\u003c\/i\u003e, Adam Phillips uses psychoanalytic and literary approaches to show that we are obsessed by the idea of our lives being ones we want and enjoy rather than merely endure, tolerate, or make the most of. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a series of interlinked essays, Phillips explores the difficulties we have around the whole idea of enjoying--and fashioning--our lives in cultures that insistently promote enjoyment while making it very difficult for so many people. Exploring the personal and political overlap in the issue of our lives, \u003ci\u003eThe Life You Want\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound examination of our ambivalence about enjoyment, and indeed, wanting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374617974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e, formerly a principal child psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital, London, is a practicing psychoanalyst and a visiting professor in the English department at the University of York. He is the author of numerous works of psychoanalysis and literary criticism, including \u003ci\u003eMissing Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnforbidden Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAttention Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Wanting to Change\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Getting Better\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Giving Up\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the general editor of the Penguin Modern Classics Freud translations and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Adam Phillips \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47809149796509,"sku":"9780374617974","price":44.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0e6f80ab-87a0-4cea-9c15-2d8e99dc5d3b.jpg?v=1775557252","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-life-you-want-9780374617974","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}