{"product_id":"on-kindness-adam-phillips-9780312429744","title":"On Kindness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e In this brilliant, epigrammatic book, the eminent psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and the social historian Barbara Taylor examine the terrors of kindness and return to the reader the intense satisfactions of generosity and compassion. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKindness is the foundation of the world's great religions and most-enduring philosophies. Why, then, does being kind feel so dangerous? If we crave kindness with such intensity, why is it often the last pleasure we permit ourselves? And why--despite our longing--are we often suspicious when we are on the receiving end of it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on intellectual history, literature, psychoanalysis, and contemporary social theory, this brief and essential book will return to its readers what Marcus Aurelius declared was mankind's \"greatest delight\" the intense satisfactions of generosity and compassion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Phillips, Barbara Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312429746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312429744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 24","brand":"Adam Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044768542975,"sku":"9780312429744","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ef68fb4-fcda-40cb-af90-ccfcb5f3dbe7.jpg?v=1684974777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-kindness-adam-phillips-9780312429744","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}