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1. 1. Affect Imagery Consciousness 4 Volume Set

   

   A comprehensive, multi-volume work that develops a unified theory of human affect, showing how primary affects organize perception, imagery, cognition, and consciousness and serve as the core motivational system shaping personality and behavior. Drawing on clinical case material, experimental findings, and detailed analysis of facial expression and mental imagery, it traces affective dynamics, mechanisms of amplification and inhibition, and the formation of habitual scripts and interpersonal patterns. The set synthesizes theoretical, empirical, and clinical perspectives to explain how affects structure experience, communication, and psychopathology and to inform psychotherapy and social understanding.

2. 2. Shame And Its Sisters

   A Silvan S. Tomkins Reader

   

   A concise exploration of shame as a fundamental human affect, examining its distinctive physiology, expressions, developmental origins, and social functions; the book distinguishes shame from related states such as guilt, embarrassment, and humiliation, shows how shame mobilizes avoidance, concealment, and secondary affects like anger and contempt, and traces its role in personality formation, interpersonal dynamics, cultural practices, psychopathology, and therapeutic work, drawing on clinical observation and affect theory to explain how shame shapes behavior and relationships.

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