Unforbidden Pleasures: Rethinking Authority, Power, and Vitality

Author:Adam Phillips
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback
Condition: Used
Pages: 208 
Published: May 9, 2017

Unforbidden Pleasures is a provocative and insightful work from acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips. In this collection of essays, Phillips examines the overlooked idea of "unforbidden pleasures" the everyday desires and freedoms we rarely reflect upon. With wit and clarity, he explores how authority, power, vitality, and social norms shape our understanding of what is allowed and what is forbidden.

Blending philosophy, psychoanalysis, and cultural criticism, this book challenges readers to rethink how pleasure, freedom, and constraint influence modern life.