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Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of the Self: Affect, Sex and the Birth of Self: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of the Self (Revised)

Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of the Self: Affect, Sex and the Birth of Self: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of the Self (Revised)

by Donald L Nathanson (Author), Donald L Nathanson (Author)

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    Paperback 1994

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Synopsis

Drawing on every theme of the modern life sciences, Donald Nathanson shows how nine basic affects-interest-excitement, enjoyment-joy, surprise-startle, fear-terror, distress-anguish, anger-rage, dissmell, disgust, and shame-humiliation-not only determine how we feel but shape our very sense of self. For too long those who explain emotional discomfort on the basis of lived experience and those who blame chemistry have been at loggerheads. As Dr. Nathanson shows, chemicals and illnesses can affect our mood just as surely as an uncomfortable memory or a stern rebuke. Linking for the first time the affect theory of the pioneering researcher Silvan S. Thomkins with the entire world of biology, medicine, psychology, psychotherapy, religion, and the social sciences, Dr. Nathanson presents a completely new understanding of all emotion.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 496
 Edition: Revised ed.
 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 20 Apr 1994
ISBN 10: 0393311090
ISBN 13: 9780393311099

Media Reviews
A comprehensive system for understanding emotion. . . . An impassioned, provocative theory. -- Publishers Weekly
This extraordinarily well-written book combines knowledge drawn from psychotherapy, academic research, and the arts to provide a new understanding of our most intimate experience-the emotions. -- Paul Ekman, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of California Medical School
Shame and Pride is an impressive achievement. Nathanson establishes a solid and systematic foundation for the modern study of affect, much as Erik Erikson accomplished for identity and ongoing development throughout the life cycle. A rich and rewarding experience. -- Richard P. Kluft, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Temple University School of Medicine
Author Bio
Donald L. Nathanson, M.D., is the founder and Executive Director of the Silvan S. Tomkins Institute. He is currently Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Jefferson Medical College.