The Truth About Lying: With Some Differences Between Men and Women - Softcover

Costello, Stephen J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190830846X ISBN 13: 9781908308467

Publisher: The Liffey Press, 2013

Synopsis

In this fascinating study, Dr Stephen J. Costello, philosopher and logotherapist, takes us on a profound journey into the intricate and intriguing nature of the dynamics of lying. Drawing on philosophy, logical puzzles and Lacanian psychoanalysis, Costello investigates the types of lies we tell, the lies that include a good deal of truth, the lies found in nature, how and why children lie, whether madmen can lie, self-deception as lies, the lies lovers tell, and much more. In the final section of the book Costello focuses in particular on how men and women lie in different ways. Men, he argues, lie in the guise of truth while women tell the truth in the guise of a lie. Men tend to be more direct while women are more devious. Men lie to create a better image of themselves, women lie to make others feel more comfortable. Provocative and thought-provoking, while also frequently amusing, The Truth about Lying is a pithy primer on the act and art of lying.

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About the Author

Stephen J. Costello, Ph.D is a practising analyst and Director of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Ireland: School of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. He is the author of The Irish Soul: In Dialogue, The Pale Criminal: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, 18 Reasons Why Mothers Hate Their Babies: A Philosophy of Childhood, Hermeneutics and the Psychoanalysis of Religion, What are Friends For?: Insights from the Great Philosophers, The Ethics of Happiness: An Existential Analysis, and Philosophy and the Flow of Presence: Desire, Drama and the Divine Ground of Being.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Liffey Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190830846X
• ISBN 13: 9781908308467
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150