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The Life You Want

Hardcover • 2026 • English

The Life You Want

By Adam Phillips

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About the book

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 tha...Show more

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Health, illness and addiction: social aspects
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ISBN

9780241766118

Publisher

Hamish Hamilton

Published year

2026

Language

English

Original title

The Life You Want

Format

Hardcover

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