{"product_id":"the-life-you-want-hardcover","title":"The Life You Want - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Phillips, the foremost psychoanalytic writer of our time, plays with ideas about the lives we want. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere do we get ideas about the lives we want? And, what do we do--and fail to do--about actually getting them? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Life You Want\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a series of interlinked essays, Phillips explores the difficulties we have around the whole idea of enjoying--and fashioning--our lives in cultures that insistently promote enjoyment while making it very difficult for so many people. Exploring the personal and political overlap in the issue of our lives, \u003ci\u003eThe Life You Want\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound examination of our ambivalence about enjoyment, and indeed, wanting.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e, formerly a principal child psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital, London, is a practicing 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 \u003ci\u003eMissing Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnforbidden Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAttention Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Wanting to Change\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Getting Better\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Giving Up\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the general editor of the Penguin Modern Classics Freud translations and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53248923173171,"sku":"9780374617974","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/xBjskJLzuu9780374617974.webp?v=1776317395","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-life-you-want-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}