Shame And Its Sisters by Silvan S. Tomkins
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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