Going Sane by Adam Phillips

Going Sane by Adam Phillips

We can define the mad, but how do we classify the sane? Answering this question, the author delves deep into history, philosophy, literature, and his own experiences to address questions that we rarely ask about ourselves. He takes us on a journey in which we learn many things, including some of what it takes to be happy in the modern world.

The best living essayist writing in English
Reading Phillips, you may be amused, vexed, dazzled But the one thing you will never be is bored * Observer *
He's brilliant
Characteristically brilliant
Elegant and lucid... This erudite and absorbing book oozes intelligence and charm * Independent *
Brave, idiosyncratic and refreshing... Innovative and eclectic... Profound... It is heartening to read anyone, let alone a psychoanalyst, who writes so well * The Times *
Exceptional... Irresistable, both as a guide to living and an exploration of the links between behaviour and mortality * Times Educational Supplement *

Adam Phillips, formerly Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital, London, is a practising psychoanalyst and a visiting professor in the English department at the University of York. He is the author of numerous works of psychoanalysis and literary criticism, including most recently On Giving Up, On Wanting to Change, Attention Seeking, In Writing, Unforbidden Pleasures and Missing Out. He is General Editor of the Penguin Modern Classics Freud translations, and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature.

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ISBN 13	9780141012490
ISBN 10	0141012498
Title	Going Sane
Author	Adam Phillips
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2006-03-30
Number of pages	256
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