Main description:

Presents a new paradigm for considering life problems. Considers everyday paradoxes and how to approach them. Suitable for clinicians and academic readers interested in Lacan.

Contents:

Introduction: Paradox as a contradiction due to a mistaken assumption

Chapter 1: The paradox of existence

Chapter 2: The paradox of being - the subject exists under the condition of its lack or "There is nothing more whole than a broken heart".

Chapter 3 All is foreseen, and freedom of choice is granted - the paradox of fate versus free choice (Babylonian Talmud, Pirkey Avot, 15:3)

Chapter 4 Putting the subject into the picture

Chapter 5 Paradoxes resulting from choosing one physical paradigm which are solved by choosing another

Chapter 6 Dimensions

Chapter 7 The dimension of time - afterwardsness

Chapter 8 The paradox of the act

Chapter 9 Paradoxes without a solution