On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored, Paperback - Adam Phillips

In this collection of psychoanalytic essays on a wide range of relatively unexplored subjects, the author evolves his own distinctive version of ps...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Adam PhillipsIn a style that is writerly and audacious, Adam Phillips takes up a variety of seemingly ordinary subjects und...

Reducere. 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...

Reducere. 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 of powe...

Adam Phillips uses the idea of flirtation to explore the virtues of being uncommitted - to people, to ideas, to methods - and the pleasures of unce...

Reducere. DescriptionPeople tend to flirt only with serious things--madness, disaster, other people's affections. So is flirtation dangerous, exploiting the ...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Adam PhillipsNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 111 x 181 x 15Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Pre-eminent psychoanalyst Phillips explores what writing and psychoanalysis can offer one another, drawing on the work of Sebald, Shakespeare, Byro...

Reducere. DescriptionBeing sane has long been defined simply as that bland and nebulous state of not being mentally ill. While writings on madness fill entir...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

From the UK's foremost literary psychoanalyst, a dazzling new book on the universal urge to change our lives.We live in a world in which we are inv...

Explores the philosophical, psychological and social complexities that govern human desire and shape our reality, from Genesis to Freud and Oscar W...

Reducere. As an essayist, Adam Phillips combines the best of two worlds: the mastery of psychotherapy as a practitioner and a theorist-and a reputation as on...

A discussion of ways in which we may be terrorized by experts, and of the idea of expertise itself. The author challenges the conventional idea of ...

New and selected essays from the man }The New Yorker{ called 'Britain's foremost psychoanalytic writer'. Includes an introduction from John Banville.

Reducere. In viata de zi cu zi, traim o multitudine de schimbari: ne mutam intr-o casa noua, ne schimbam jobul, trecem la o alta orientare religioasa sau pol...

Reducere. Adam Phillips has been called "the psychotherapist of the floating world" and "the closest thing we have to a philosopher of happiness." His style ...

This book presents a day long symposium with Adam Phillips and includes two brilliant essays that reveal what is at the heart of psychoanalysis.

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Adam PhillipsAlthough he founded no school of his own, 0. W. Winnicott (1896 1971) is now regarded as one of the most influ...

A new book to savour from psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, who is also regarded as one of our foremost prose stylists. With his trademark combination o...

This text explores the lives of four different escape artists: a little girl playing her own wayward version of hide and seek; Harry Houdini who el...

Reducere. Iris Murdoch once suggested that to understand any philosopher's work we must ask what he or she is frightened of. To understand any psychoanalyst'...

Despre vointa de schimbare - Adam Phillips

A short, fascinating introduction to the concept of attention, from Britain's pre-eminent psychoanalyst.'Everything depends on what, if anything, w...

In this philosophical study, Dmitri Nikulin explores the concept's genealogy to argue that boredom is the mark of modernity. Considering such think...

Reducere. An all new updated 2021 edition of the popular original guide to working from home and adjusting to virtual work featuring the best tips and advice...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Adam HarrellIllustration(s): 0; 22 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 136Publication date: 2016Dimensio...

The essential companion to every train journey. This write-in book is easy to dip in and out of on short trips, again and again, or distract and en...

Reducere. Adam Phillips analizeaza psihologic motivele si efectele schimbarilor pe care alegem sa le facem in viata.In viata de zi cu zi, traim o multitudine...

For more than thirty years, On Being a Therapist has inspired generations of mental health professionals to explore the most private and sacred asp...

A beautifully written account of a quest, both personal and scientific, to better understand the impact and experience of the second child.

Reducere. A state of social, mental and physical well-being where infirmity and disease are absent is referred to as health. It can be promoted by encouragin...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alain De BenoistWhat is paganism? In this penetrating and tightly argued manifesto, French philosopher Alain de Benoist see...

Reducere. Dr. Hale's practical wisdom is here freely offered to the missionary-to-be and others interested in missions-wisdom hard-earned in Nepal on everyth...

Reducere. Sometimes people lose sight of the core of their ministry. They feel overwhelmed by the needs that surround them on a daily basis. Wise and beloved...

Reducere. This book empowers supervisees to take responsibility for their supervision and learning, and aims topersuade supervisors, and organisations that p...

The authors help preservice, beginning, and veteran teachers discover their own special traits that make them superlative teachers.

Written for both men and women, this groundbreaking book takes the reader on a journey to discover new routes to authentic manhood and create alter...

Reducere. While there is increasing interest in the "theology of the cross, " few people have specific knowledge of what makes it different from other kinds ...

This important book on priestly identity embraces the many contemporary varieties of priestly ministry: male and female, paid and unpaid, parish an...

Why do you hold back? Enneagram Nines are often asked questions like this by others who want to invite them to share their gifts. Marlena Graves de...

Reducere. Mackenzie Phillips shares "a raw glimpse" (Entertainment Weekly) into her lifelong battle with personal demons and near-fatal addictions--and revea...

Reducere. DescriptionAdam Copeland on Edge is what the author describes as "a mental picture." It's also a dream--"one of many"--that he decided to realize w...

I am a number One on the Enneagram. Juanita Rasmus continues: If you are a One, you know the weight of the world we carry. If you know a One, these...

Tired of being stuck in a chair behind a desk? Do you want to write more without sacrificing your health and sanity? Learn how you can get more wri...

Reducere. DescriptionExplores the relationship between Jewish and Buddhist traditions and discusses the reasons why some Jews are drawn to Buddhism and becom...

Reducere. A Scottish-born writer based in the Dominican Republic here brings together seven of his pieces that originally appeared in the New Yorker, remarka...