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Adam Phillips · Against Self-Criticism

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Lacan​ said that there was surely something ironic about Christ’s injunction to love thy neighbour as thyself –...

Vol. 37 No. 5 · 5 March 2015 Against Self-Criticism Adam Phillips Share on Bluesky Share on Facebook Share Email Print 6149 words Your browser does not support the audio element. L acan ​ said that there was surely something ironic about Christ's injunction to love thy neighbour as thyself - because actually, of course, people hate themselves. Or you could say that, given the way people treat one another, perhaps they had always loved their neighbours in the way they loved themselves: that is, with a good deal of cruelty and disregard. 'After all,' Lacan writes, 'the people who followed

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