UID:
almahu_9949386011902882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780429263422
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0429263422
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9780429562945
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0429562942
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9780429558474
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0429558473
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9780429554001
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0429554001
Series Statement:
Morality, society and culture
Content:
"This book explores the nature of guilt, shedding light on how the modern West came increasingly to understand it as 'the most terrible sickness'. It traces the psychological origins of guilt in each person's family, and demonstrates the historical rise of guilt in parallel with civilization. It examines the modern predicament: the difficulty of finding explanations for guilt in a secular, post-church society - and the possibility of relief from its curse, while channeling it into a fulfilling life. As such it will appeal to those with interests in sociology, psychology, psychiatry, cultural studies, cultural history, and anthropology"--
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. The sense of guilt -- PART 1: What is guilt? -- 2. Definitions -- Moral guilt and dispositional guilt -- Failure and insecurity -- The symptoms of guilt -- Guilt and shame -- Notes -- 3. Naive culture -- The Australian Aborigines -- Early medieval Europe -- Notes -- 4. Persecutory guilt -- Persecution anxiety and its defences -- Persecutory guilt in literature -- Notes -- 5. Depressive guilt -- Separation anxiety -- Depressive guilt in literature -- Kafka -- Notes
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6. The family origins of guilt -- Persecutory guilt -- Depressive guilt -- Notes -- PART 2: The cultural history of guilt -- 7. England: 1350-1800 -- Superficial guilt (1350-1530) -- Rampant, uncultured guilt (1530-1600) -- Persecutory guilt (1600-1660) -- Civilized guilt (1660-1800) -- Notes -- 8. The causes of increasing guilt -- England: 1350-1600 -- Notes -- 9. No remission -- the death of God: 1800-1920 -- No remission -- only sublimation -- The inevitable death of God -- The cultural evolution: 1800-1920 -- Notes -- 10. Depressive guilt culture: 1920-1980 -- Guilt as culture-creating
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1920-1950 -- 1950s -- 1960s -- Notes -- 11. A new balance: 1980- -- The companionate marriage -- The work ethic -- Liveable cities -- Universal human rights -- Residues of the depressive guilt malaise -- Notes -- 12. The metaphysics of redemption -- Puritan redemption -- Tragic redemption -- The psychological, moral, and metaphysical modes of guilt -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Carroll, John, 1944- On guilt New York : Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9780367207687
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429263422
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