On Kindness

Adam Phillips

RRP: £14.99

Publisher: HAMISH HAMILTON

Publication Date : 01/01/2009

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Looks at the benefits of embracing the affectionate life instead of a self-serving one. Also looks at how the change came about.

Publisher's description:

The pleasures of kindness have been well known since the dawn of Western thought. But many people seem to find these pleasures literally incredible. This book argues that the affectionate life - a life lived in instinctive sympathetic identification with the vulnerabilities and attractions of others - is the one we should all be inclined to live.

ISBN: 9780241144336