- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (25 May 1972)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140033505
- ISBN-13: 978-0140033502
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.6 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 67,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This work is available on its own or as part of the 7 volume set "Selected Works of R. D. Laing"
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Dr. Laings book, Knots, illustrates in terms we can easily understand the unusual complexities of human relationships, particularly involving loving or not loving. With apparent child-like simplicity Dr. Laing demonstrates for us what is intuitively complex and daunting. He clarifies what for us is emotional and psychological, using the knot as a metaphore for what we want to see about our relationships that is clouded and only vaguely sensed. To clarify is to confirm. To make visible what is troubling is to give the reader respect for their intuition and possibly even a grasp of how to deal with our relations with each otherl. The power of understanding our relating to others is here in a short text from which we can begin to unknot our mental perplexity and achieve for ourselves satisfying or at the very least, understood, relations with those we love.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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'Knots' is Laing's dark, ultra-perceptive account of human relationships. Taking observed situations and distilling them into sets of exact, clear sentences, Laing achieves just the balance between the specific and the general to ensure that you will recognise each portrait either in your acquaintances or, most disturbingly, in yourself. Broadly mirroring the pattern of a life, from a child's observation of adults, through adult sexual relationships and finally to the nihilistic aspects of old age, 'Knots' was and still is a ground-breaking work, and when taken in context with Laing's other writings, forms a formidable source of insight into daily life.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a must read for every thinking human being! It got me through my teenage years in terms of understanding the complexity of human relationships and the self. A timeless classic - a masterpiece.
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Psychology Unravelled
Laing stripped to the essence in a series of self composed "sonnets". Either they connect or they do not. The "knots" reveal the games of power, intrigue and need. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
Beautifully Condensed Neurosis
This book condenses every neurosis and psychosis into elequent prose. If you are a student of human psychology it is a must have book. The product of a life of therapeutic work.
Published on 7 July 2009 by J. T. Howell
The Emperor's New Clothes,
I've found no value in this book, despite holding Laing in high esteem for his compassion toward the mentally ill and his provocative challenges to the status quo. Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2007 by calmly
sunny side up
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. This book is underrated at 5 stars. Read more
Published on 8 May 1999
A Sample Knot
Jill and Jack both want to be wanted
Jill wants Jack because he wants to be wanted Jack wants Jill because she wants to be wanted
Jill wants Jack to want *Jack to want... Read more
Published on 15 Oct 1998
A great book if you like to play on words and concepts.
This is a book of many clever twists based on very simple subjects. As the name suggests, Mr. Laing amusingly ties and unties knots with common words and phrases. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 1997
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