On Kindness
Adam Phillips, Barbara Taylor$14.45
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Kindness 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?
Drawing 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 06/22/2010
ISBN: 9780312429744
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.50w x 0.40d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 08/01/2010 pg. 24