The Situation is Hopeless, But Not Serious: (the Pursuit of Unhappiness)
- ISBN-10
- 0393310213
- ISBN-13
- 9780393310214
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 125
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Paul Watzlawick
Description
Calling upon metaphors, vignettes, jokes, innuendos, and certain other "right-hemispheric" language games, Paul Watzlawick shows how we can (and do) make everyday life miserable.
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- 1983
- 125 pages
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- W. W. Norton
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