Terrors & Experts-Csd by Adam Phillips

Name: Terrors & Experts-Csd
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A discussion of ways in which we may be terrorized by experts, and of the idea of expertise itself. The author challenges the conventional idea of the "self" as something to be known, and sets out to show how self-knowledge is the problem rather than the solution.

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Terrors & Experts-Csd by Adam Phillips

In the style of his earlier books, "On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored" and "On Flirtation", the author discusses ways in which we may be terrorized by experts, and the idea of expertise itself. He challenges the conventional idea of the "self" as something to be known, and sets out to show how self-knowledge is the problem rather than the solution. By examining our wish to believe things - and people (including psychoanalysts) - the book offers a revision of psychoanalysis itself. For to take psychoanalysis seriously, Phillips suggests, is to be unable to take gurus seriously.

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ISBN 13	9780571175833
ISBN 10	057117583X
Title	Terrors & Experts-Csd
Author	Adam Phillips
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	1996-01-05
Number of pages	184
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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Terrors & Experts-Csd by Adam Phillips

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