Side Effects - Softcover

Phillips, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007155387 ISBN 13: 9780007155385

Publisher: FourthEst, 2007

Synopsis

Psychoanalysis works by attending to the patient's side effects, "what falls out of his pockets once he starts speaking." Undergoing psychoanalytic therapy is always a leap into the dark—like dedicating our hearts and intellect to a powerful work of literature, it's impossible to know beforehand its ultimate effect and consequences. One must remain open to where the "side effects" will lead.

Erudite, eloquent, and enthrallingly observant, Adam Phillips is one of the world's most respected psychoanalysts and a boldly original writer and thinker—and the ideal guide to exploring the provocative connections between psychoanalytic treatment and enduring, transformative literature. His fascinating and thoughtful Side Effects offers a valuable intellectual blueprint for the construction of a life beholden to no ideology other than the fulfillment of personal promise.

About this title

About the Author:

Adam Phillips is the author of eleven previous books, including Side Effects and Houdini's Box. He writes regularly for the New York Times, the London Review of Books, and The Observer. He lives in London.

Review:

This collection proves [Phillips’s] mastery of the literary essay. (The Times (London))

“These essays...are vintage Phillips: enlightening and intelligent; dynamic and delectably interdisciplinary.” (Time Out)

About this edition

• Publisher: FourthEst
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0007155387
• ISBN 13: 9780007155385
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 317