| Description |
xiii, 345 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Shame, the veiled companion of narcissism -- Phenomenological study of shame -- The adaptive function of shame -- The structure of shame -- Unlovability and the magic eye -- Archaic forms of shame : clinical observations -- Drives for magical perception and expression -- Constructions : the genesis of shame -- Disguises -- The compromise character of estrangement -- Schizophrenic mystification as defense and wish fulfillment -- Shamelessness -- Inferences for psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic technique -- The heroic transcendence of shame -- Epilogue : the healer. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Shame.
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Psychoanalysis.
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Psychotherapy.
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Guilt -- psychology.
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| ISBN |
080182527X |
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