The Life You Want
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The Life You Want
Product Details
Author: Adam Phillips
ISBN: 9780241766118
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Publish date: 29 January 2026
Pages: 160
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Subjects: Medical, Psychology, Movements, Psychoanalysis, Social Psychology, Mental Health, Self-Help, Personal Growth, Happiness, Motivational & Inspirational, Substance Abuse & Addictions, Self-Management
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 obsessed by the idea of our lives being ones we want and enjoy rather than merely endure, tolerate or make the most of.
Through a series of interlinked essays, Phillips explores the difficulties we have around the whole idea of enjoying - and fashioning - our lives in cultures that insistently promote enjoyment while making it very difficult for so many people. Exploring the personal and political overlap in the issue of our lives, The Life You Want is a profound examination of our ambivalence about enjoyment, and indeed, wanting.
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