Todd McGowan, "Self-Sabotage: How We Try Not to Flourish" (Polity Press, 2026)

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Jul 25, 202669:15Science & Medicine

Self-Sabotage: How We Try Not to Flourish (Polity Press, 2026) contends that an unconscious impulse to undermine our own interests plays a dominant role in our lives. The idea of a primary drive to self-destruction is at...

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