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The beast in the nursery : on curiosity and other appetites

By Adam , Phillips

Book information

Publisher
Vintage Books
Year
2013
ISBN
9780307772756, 0307772756
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1799948 bytes)
Edition
Unabridged.
Pages
0\0
Time added
2019-10-08 00:09:42
Psychology;PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- Child &

Description

If you are disturbed by the idea that to grow up is to learn to live with disillusionment, if you are fascinated by the perplexity of child-rearing, or if you fear you were more creative as a child, The Beast in the Nursery offers an illuminating and possibly life-changing experience. In four interrelated essays, Adam Phillips arrives at startling new insights into issues that preoccupied Freud, showing in the process that far from having lost its relevance, psychoanalysis is still one of our most incisive tools for the exploration of the human psyche and its possibilities. Phillips transforms the genre of the essay into an instrument for intellectual investigation of the most absorbing kind. From the Trade Paperback edition.  Read more...

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