Author: Paul Verhaeghe

The first essay, "The Impossible Couple", is both a humorous and razor-sharp analysis of the contemporary relationship between man and woman. In th...

Noted Belgian psychoanalyst Paul Verhaeghe shows us what it is about sex that both keeps us moving and inhibits us at the same time. The first essa...

‘We live in an extremely controlling society in which authority has disappeared … traditional authority is lapsing into brute force … and we oursel...

According to current thinking, anyone who fails to succeed must have something wrong with them. The pressure to achieve and be happy is taking a he...