In this collection of psychoanalytic essays on a wide range of relatively unexplored subjects, the author evolves his own distinctive version of psychoanalysis as... Læs mere
DW Winnicott's books, including "The Piggle", "Home Is Where We Start From" and "The Child", "Family and the Outside World" are still read, valued and argued with years after his death. This... Læs mere
What is kindness? Does it make us happier? And does it have a place in a selfish world? This title presents an analysis of kindness in history, in life and in the modern world.
Are we too obsessed with excess? What can childhood teach us about bad behaviour? And should we be happy, or is there something better we might be? This title explores a variety of urgent... Læs mere
Adam Phillips uses the idea of flirtation to explore the virtues of being uncommitted - to people, to ideas, to methods - and the pleasures of uncertainty.
This text explores the lives of four different escape artists: a little girl playing her own wayward version of hide and seek; Harry Houdini who electrifies the world... Læs mere
Side effects are things we do not intend. This collection of essays examines how the things we don't mean, or mean perhaps to forget, prove to be those that are often most telling about our unconscious lives.