| On Balance Contributor(s): Phillips, Adam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312610742 ISBN-13: 9780312610746 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Psychology | Social Psychology - Philosophy | Mind & Body |
| Dewey: 128 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 power in our government. Disturbed people are described as unbalanced. In this insightful, charming book, the philosopher and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips looks afresh at balance (and its shadow, excess) and asks if achieving the former is such an admirable goal. From this perspective, Phillips examines the explosive topics of money, sex, parenthood, faith, and education. In his exhilarating and casually brilliant explorations of case studies, fairy tales, works of art, and literature, the paradoxes inherent in our appetites and fears are revealed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Phillips, Adam: - Adam Phillips is one of the foremost psychoanalysts practicing in the world today, and a visiting professor in the English department at the University of York. He is the author of many books, including On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored; and On Balance. He is also coauthor, with the historian Barbara Taylor, of On Kindness. |