Mask of Shame
Book Details
- Publisher : Jason Aronson
- Published : 1994
- Cover : Paperback
- Category :
Reprinting - Category 2 :
Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 315
- ISBN 13 : 9781568214061
- ISBN 10 : 1568214065
Also by Leon Wurmser
Jealousy and Envy: New Views About Two Powerful Feelings
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This text examines the sensation of shame. It uses clinical cases - as well as literary and philosophical insights - to explore how shame is related to narcissistic conflicts, masochism, and exhibitionism. It integrates shame into the framework of both impulse and object-relations theories.
About the Author(s)
Leon Wurmser, M.D., Ph.D. is Past Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of West Virginia, and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Contemporary Freudian Society. He has authored and co-authored many books on the theory and practice of psychoanalysis, including The Mask of Shame, Jealousy and Envy-New Views on Two Powerful Emotions, and Nothing Good Is Allowed to Stand. Dr. Wurmser lectures extensively in the USA and abroad.
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eleanor boehler on 02/03/2015 03:48:51
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Nothing in the field on this subject can hold a candle to the thoroughness with which Dr. Wurmser covers it in this opus. I have used this for my own analysis as well as in my private practice with the most success. After 10 years or more it is more meaningful today than ever.
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