The Widening Scope of Shame (Paperback, New edition)

"The Widening Scope of Shame" is the first collection of papers on shame to appear in a decade and contains contributions from most of the major authors currently writing on this topic. It is not a sourcebook, but a comprehensive introduction to clinical and theoretical perspectives on shame that is intended to be read cover to cover.
The panoramic scope of this multidisciplinary volume is evidenced by a variety of clinically and developmentally grounded chapters; by chapters explicating the theories of Silvan Tomkins and Helen Block Lewis; and by chapters examining shame from the viewpoints of philosophy, social theory, and the study of family systems. A final section of brief chapters illuminates shame in relation to specific clinical problems and experiential contexts, including envy, attention deficit disorder, infertility, masochism, the medical setting, and religious experience.
This collection will be of special interest to psychoanalytically oriented readers. It begins with a chapter charting the evolution of Freud's thinking on shame, followed by chapters providing contemporary perspectives on the role of shame in development, and the status of shame within the theory of narcissism. Of further psychoanalytic interest are two reprinted classics by Sidney Levin on shame and marital dysfunction.
In both depth of clinical coverage and breadth of perspectives, "The Widening Scope of Shame" is unique in the shame literature. Readable, well organized, and completely up to date, it becomes essential reading for all students of this intriguing and unsettling emotion and of human development more generally.

General

Imprint:	Analytic Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1997
First published:	1997
Editors:	Melvin R. Lansky • Andrew P. Morrison
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	456
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-88163-390-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology
LSN:	0-88163-390-9
Barcode:	9780881633900

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