What We Missed

From time to time, we all feel like we are missing out by choosing something else. We think that by choosing one life we are deprived of other lives. The title of psychoanalyst and author Adam Phillips' book refers to this inevitable and inextricable situation. But the subject of the book is not limited to this: With his usual subtle and original perspective, Phillips examines some of the basic human emotions and experiences.

Why does the frustration that we have known since our childhood originate? What is the relationship between love and disappointment? What about satisfaction? Does achieving what is desired bring satisfaction, or does it do nothing but destroy a possible satisfaction forever? Is true satisfaction possible? Why do we always want to understand and comprehend things? Why does not being able to comprehend create a feeling of exclusion and humiliation? What does it say about us that we enjoy getting away with breaking the rules? How is it that we seem to know more about experiences we haven't had than about experiences we've had?

While pondering these and similar questions, Phillips draws from leading figures of literature and psychoanalysis, especially Shakespeare and Freud, and brings a fresh breath to the works he deals with.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 168

Year of Printing: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Metis Publishing

Prepared by: Özde Duygu Gürkan

First Printing Year: 2015

Number of Pages: 168

Language Turkish