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On Balance

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SKU 9780241143896 Categories Products, Sociology & Human Behaviour

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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. ...

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Product ID:	9780241143896
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	On Balance
Authors:	Author: Adam Phillips
Page Count:	336
Subjects:	Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
Description:	Select Guide Rating 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. 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.
Imprint Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2011-07-07

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Weight	236 g
Dimensions	196 × 130 × 22 mm

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