{"product_id":"on-giving-up-9781250371829","title":"On Giving Up","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Critics' Picks of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, a meditation on what we must give up to feel more alive.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo give up or not to give up? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe question can feel inescapable but the answer is never simple. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGiving 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are always, it turns out, both good and bad sacrifices, but it is not always clear beforehand which is which. We give something up because we believe we can no longer go on as we are. In this sense, giving up is a critical moment--an attempt to make a different future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOn Giving Up\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips illuminates both the gaps and the connections between the many ways of giving up and helps us to address the central question: What must we give up in order to feel more alive?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e, formerly a principal child psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital, London, is a practicing psychoanalyst and a visiting professor in the English department at the University of York. He is the author of numerous works of psychoanalysis and literary criticism, including \u003ci\u003eMissing Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnforbidden Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAttention Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Wanting to Change\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Getting Better\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the general editor of the Penguin Modern Classics Freud translations and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184852271378,"sku":"9781250371829","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_65adbf18-f184-4636-b310-9ce42fb0c092.jpg?v=1744579902","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-giving-up-9781250371829","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}