1st Edition

The Many Faces of Shame

Edited By Donald L. Nathanson Copyright 1988
370 Pages
by Guilford Press
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For almost a century the concept of guilt, as embedded in drive theory, has dominated psychoanalytic thought. Increasingly, however, investigators are focusing on shame as a key aspect of human behavior. This volume captures a range of compelling viewpoints on the role of shame in psychological development, psychopathology, and the therapeutic process. Donald Nathanson has assembled... Read more

Chapter 1. A Timetable for shame

Chapter 2. Shame: The Veiled Companion of Narcissism

Chapter 3. Shame and the Narcissistic Personality

Chapter 4. Shame

Chapter 5. Shame and the Other: Relections on the Theme of Shame in French Psychoanalysis

Chapter 6. A Mature Sense of Shame

Chapter 7. The Shame of Narcissism

Chapter 8. Shaming Systems in Couples, Families and Institutions

Chapter 9. The Eye Turned Inward: SHame and the Self

Chapter 10. Pornography: Daydreams to Cure Humiliation

Chapter 11. The Sense of Shame in Psychosis: Random Comments on Shame in the Psychotic Experience

Chapter 12. Shame and Envy

Chapter 13. Shame and Domestic Violence

Biography

Donald L. Nathanson

Every decade or so in the world of psychiatry and psychology, a book appears that opens up and explores a burgeoning new field and stimulates its further development. THE MANY FACES OF SHAME can claim to perform this essential service, leaving clinicians like myself grateful for the contributions of this pioneer effort. It enlarges theoretical perspectives and also enhances clinical skills in ways that are now curiously neglected. It is my belief that many patients, needful of help, are lost to treatment because the shame factors inherent in this situation have been overlooked.--E. James Anthony, MD

Rich, provocative, and timely, this landmark volume explores the neglected domain of shame. Replete with implications for clinical practice, this book will be indispensable to every practicing clinician...and student of the psyche.--Gershen Kaufman, PhD

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