{"product_id":"on-kindness-1","title":"On Kindness","description":"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.\n\nKindness 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?\n\nDrawing 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\u003eASIN: 0312429746\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0312429746.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Phillips, Adam|Taylor, Barbara\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41539051192378,"sku":"DBV.0312429746.A","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0312429746-0_6066476f-3947-44d4-ab99-b3e4cc94dec1.jpg?v=1784435282","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/on-kindness-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}