Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life
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- 出版社 Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- 出版时间 2013年1月
- ISBN 9780374281113
- 定价 215.00
内容简介
AtransformativebookabouttheliveswewishwehadandwhattheycanteachusaboutwhoweareAllofusleadtwoparallellives:theoneweareactivelyliving,andtheonewefeelweshouldhavehadormightyethave.Ashardaswetrytoexistinthemoment,theunlivedlifeisaninescapablepresence,ashadowatourheels.Andthisitselfcanbecomethestoryofourlives:anelegytounmetneedsandsacrificeddesires.Webecomehauntedbythemythofourownpotential,ofwhatwehaveinourselvestobeortodo.Andthiscanmakeofourlivesaperpetualfalling-short.Butwhathappensifweremovetheideaoffailurefromtheequation?Withhisflairforgracefulparadox,theacclaimedpsychoanalystAdamPhillipssuggeststhatifweacceptfrustrationasawayofoutliningwhatwereallywant,satisfactionsuddenlybecomespossible.Tocravealifewithoutfrustrationistocravealifewithoutthepotentialtoidentifyandaccomplishourdesires.Inthiselegant,compassionate,andabsorbingbook,PhillipsdrawsdeeplyonhisownclinicalexperienceaswellasontheworksofShakespeareandFreud,ofD.W.WinnicottandWilliamJames,tosuggestthatfrustration,notgettingit,andandgettingawaywithitareallchaptersinourunlivedlives―andmaybeessentialtotheonefullylived.
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