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OverviewA new collection of musings by one of the finest essayists in the English language, showing what psychotherapy can tell us about equality, hierarchy, citizenship, and democracy. Written in his beloved epigrammatic and aphoristic style, Equals extends Adam Phillips's probings into the psychological and the political, bringing his trenchant wit to such subjects as the usefulness of inhibitions and the paradox of permissive authority. He explores why citizens in a democracy are so eager to establish levels of hierarchy when the system is based on the assumption that every man is created equal. And he ponders the importance of mockery in group behavior, and the psyche's struggle as a metaphor for political conflict. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Adam PhillipsPublisher: Basic Books Imprint: Basic Books Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.288kg ISBN: 9780465056804ISBN 10: 0465056806 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 08 July 2003 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsBrilliantly lucid; reading him on top form is like having bubbles of insight exploding inside one's head. """Brilliantly lucid; reading him on top form is like having bubbles of insight exploding inside one's head.""" Author Information"Adam Phillips has been called ""the closest thing we have to a philosopher of happiness."" Formerly Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London, Phillips is the author of such works as Winnicott On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored Monogamy On Flirtation Terror and Experts Darwin's Worms Promises, Promises and Houdini's Box." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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