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The Right to Surrender: 7 Essays on Real Freedom of Choice

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The Right to Surrender: 7 Essays on Real Freedom of Choice
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To give up or not to give up – what's the real question?

Society tells us, "Never give up!" But what if it's precisely this stubbornness that keeps us endlessly rolling a useless stone up our mountain, like Sisyphus? What's the difference between healthy persistence and destructive self-deception? How can renouncing illusions, toxic relationships, or neurotic attachments be an act of liberation rather than defeat?

Adam Phillips, one of the most original psychoanalysts of our time, offers a radical perspective on the nature of renunciation. Drawing on Freud and Jung and invoking the figures of Kafka, Shakespeare, and Mann, he leads the reader to a provocative conclusion: our personality is formed by a series of renunciations, capitulations, and sacrifices. The right to give up in time is not a weakness, but a necessary condition for maturing and achieving freedom.
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