Beast in the Nursery by Adam Phillips

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Summary

A psychological discourse which looks at the theme of humiliation and its manifestations to explore the questions and anxieties of childhood. Included are case studies from Phillips' own work as a child psychiatrist alongside Henry James' theory of art and life and Wittgenstein on the usefulness of hints.

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Beast in the Nursery by Adam Phillips

The Beast in the Nursery is a dazzling look at childhood curiosity and appetite - what inspires it, what kills it and how it may be sustained. Adam Phillips offers a portrait of the conflict in all of us between the child and the realist, between the dreamer and the scientist, between the beast and the nursery.
Adam Phillips was formerly Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London. He is the author of, most recently, Darwin's Worms, Promises, Promises, Equals and Houdini's Box, and he is the Series Editor of the new Penguin Freud translations.
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ISBN 13 9780571195619
ISBN 10 057119561X
Title Beast in the Nursery
Author Adam Phillips
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 1999-02-15
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.