LEADER 00000cam  2200337Ia 4500 
001    ocn709673998 
003    OCoLC 
005    20150714192106.0 
008    110326s2011    nyu           000 0 eng d 
020    9780312610746 
020    0312610742 
035    (OCoLC)709673998 
040    BTCTA|beng|cBTCTA|dYDXCP|dJBU|dBDX|dCUS|dWHP 
049    WHPP 
050  4 BF337.C62|bP55 2011 
100 1  Phillips, Adam. 
245 10 On balance /|cAdam Phillips. 
250    First Picador edition 
264  1 New York :|bPicador,|c2011. 
300    xvi, 314 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Five short talks on excess -- In excess -- Enough is 
       enough -- Sex mad -- On being too much for ourselves -- 
       Believe it or not -- On what is fundamental -- Sleeping it
       off -- Children behaving badly -- Should school make you 
       happy? -- Truancy now -- The authenticity issue -- 
       Negative capabilities -- The horse -- The helpless -- The 
       perfectionist -- The lost -- On getting away with it -- 
       Forms of inattention -- Arbus's freaks -- Celebrating 
       Sebald -- Mendelsohn's histories -- Auden's magic -- 
       Mothers and fairy tales -- Jack and his beanstalk -- The 
       least of her problems: Cinderella and men -- Forsaken 
       favourites. 
520    "Every day, we are told that balance is a good thing. We 
       are supposed to make balanced judgments, balance our 
       budget, and preserve a balance of power in our government.
       Disturbed people are described as unbalanced. In this 
       insightful, charming book, the philosopher and 
       psychoanalyst Adam Phillips looks afresh at balance (and 
       its shadow, excess) and asks if achieving the former is 
       such an admirable goal. From this perspective, Phillips 
       examines the explosive topics of money, sex, parenthood, 
       faith, and education. In his exhilarating and casually 
       brilliant explorations of case studies, fairy tales, works
       of art, and literature, the paradoxes inherent in our 
       appetites and fears are revealed."--|cPublisher 
       description. 
650  0 Cognitive balance. 
650  0 Desire. 
650  0 Proportion|xPsychological aspects. 
994    02|bWHP