Act of Living, The, Frank Tallis
Act of Living, The, Frank Tallis
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Act of Living, The
What the Great Psychologists Can Teach Us About Finding Fulfillment

Author: Frank Tallis

Narrator: Simon Shepherd

Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/07/2020


Synopsis

For most of us, the major questions of life continue to perplex: Who am I? Why am I here? How should I live? In the late nineteenth century, a class of thinkers emerged who made solving these problems central to their work. They understood that human questions demand human answers and that, without understanding what it means to be human, there are no answers.Through the biographies and theories of luminaries ranging from Sigmund Freud to Erich Fromm, Frank Tallis shows us how to think about companionship and parenting, identity and aging, and much more. Accessible yet erudite, The Act of Living is essential listening for anyone seeking answers to life's biggest questions.

About Frank Tallis

Dr Frank Tallis is a writer and clinical psychologist. His non-fiction books include Lovesick, The Incurable Romantic and The Act of Living. He is also the author of the Liebermann Papers, a psychoanalytic detective series set in Freud's Vienna and adapted for television as the BBC drama Vienna Blood. He lives in London.


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Goodreads review by Hana

"Ľudia sú ako rozprávačské matriošky. Otvoríme ich príbehy a v nich objavíme ďalšie: príbehy v príbehoch." Túto knihu spoločnosť potrebuje. Najmä preto, aby sme pochopili, v akej dobre žijeme, že to hlavne pre ňu sa necítime dobre a začali s tým niečo robiť. Či to bude u psychológa alebo to budete sk......more

Skvelé. Alternatívne by sa to mohlo volať Stručné dejiny psychoterapie ako náuky o živote. Ale treba si dať pozor a nevrhnúť sa do čítania hneď po tomto vyhlásení - nie je to v žiadnom slova zmysle motivačná literatúra, a miestami som si musela dať pauzu, lebo mi bolo trochu nepríjemne (?). Sú to te......more

Goodreads review by Nicki

I'm in my second year of a post-graduate degree in counselling and psychotherapy and saw this book reviewed in one of the Saturday papers. It's very readable and suitable for anyone, regardless of whether they hhave any prior knowledge or experience of psychotherapy. It explores subjects such as adv......more

Goodreads review by Moira

Wat een interessant boek, naarmate het vorderde raakte ik steeds meer geboeid! Eerder las ik al wel soortgelijke boeken met een filosofische insteek, maar dit keer zijn de psychologen en psychiaters met hun verschillende visies leidend. Elk hoofdstuk heeft een ander accent, van veiligheid, inzicht e......more