Adam Phillips, "The Life You Want" (FSG, 2026)

New Books in Psychoanalysis by New Books Network

Jun 5, 202638:59Science & Medicine

Where do we get ideas about the lives we want? And, what do we do - and fail to do - about actually getting them? In The Life You Want Adam Phillips uses psychoanalytic and literary approaches to show that we are obsesse...

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