On Giving Up

by Adam Phillips

Book Overview

From acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, a meditation on what we must give up to feel more alive.

To give up or not to give up?

The question can feel inescapable but the answer is never simple.

Giving up our supposed vices is one thing; giving up on life itself is quite another. One form of self-sacrifice feels positive, something to admire and aspire to, while the other is profoundly unsettling, if not actively undesirable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374614148
• ISBN13: 9780374614140
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"