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On kindness

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.

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  • "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."@en
  • ""The pleasures of kindness have been well known since the dawn of Western thought. Kindness, declared Marcus Aurelius, was mankind's 'greatest delight' - and centuries-worth of thinkers and writers have echoed him. But today many people seem to find these pleasures literally incredible. Instead of embracing the benefits of kindness, as a species we seem to be becoming deeply and fundamentally antagonistic to each other, with motives that are generally self-seeking.This book explains how and why this has come about, and 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.""
  • "La gentillesse, bien qu'essentielle à la santé mentale, n'est plus encouragée dans la société actuelle. Les auteurs expliquent comment cette situation est devenue possible et démontre les vertus d'un retour à une vie affective plus altruiste."
  • ""What is kindness? Does it make us happier? And does it have a place in a selfish world? Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and historian Barbara Taylor present an elegant, thoughtful and concise analysis of kindness in history, in life and in the modern world. Suggesting that acts of kindness occur when we are at our most open and honest, they ask why it is that our faith in kindness has been shaken -- and why we are all too ready to believe that antagonism has taken its place."--Back cover."
  • "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 a pleasure we often deny ourselves' And why'despite our longing'are we often suspicious when we are on the receiving end of it' In this brilliant book, the eminent psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and the historian Barbara Taylor examine the pleasures and perils of kindness. Modern people have been taught to perceive ourselves as fundamentally antagonistic to one another, our motives self-seeking. Drawing on intellectual history, literature, psychoanalysis, and contemporary social theory, this book explains how and why we have chosen loneliness over connection. On Kindness argues that a life lived in instinctive, sympathetic identification with others is the one we should allow ourselves to live. Bursting with often shocking insight, 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."@en

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  • "Freundlichkeit diskrete Anmerkungen zu einer unzeitgemässen Tugend"
  • "On kindness"@en
  • "On kindness"
  • "N'ayons pas honte d'être gentils"
  • "Freundlichkeit : diskrete Anmerkungen zu einer unzeitgemässen Tugend"
  • "Elogio de la bondad"
  • "Elogio de la bondad"@es

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