CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I · The Nature of Human Emotion

1 · WHAT IS EMOTION?

2 · THE AFFECT SYSTEM

3 · FEELING GOOD: THE POSITIVE AFFECTS

4 · PRIDE

5 · SURPRISE–STARTLE: THE NEUTRAL AFFECT

6 · FEELING BAD: THE NEGATIVE AFFECTS

7 · EMPATHY: AFFECTIVE RESONANCE AND THE EMPATHIC WALL

8 · A BRIEF DIGRESSION: THE DRIVES

9 · DISSMELL AND DISGUST

10 · SHAME–HUMILIATION

PART II · The Development of Shame and Pride

11 · THE FACES OF SHAME

12 · SIZE AND SHAPE

13 · DEXTERITY AND SKILL

14 · DEPENDENCE/INDEPENDENCE

15 · THE SELF

16 · SHAME AND THE SELF

PART III · Love and Sex: Getting Together

17 · LOVE, EXILE, EXCOMMUNICATION, AND DISGRACE: SHAME AND THE OTHER

18 · TRUE LOVE

19 · THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM

20 · A NEW THEORY OF SEXUALITY

21 · SHAME, PRIDE, AND SEX

PART IV · The Compass of Shame

22 · THE COMPASS OF SHAME

23 · WITHDRAWAL

24 · ATTACK SELF

25 · AVOIDANCE

26 · ATTACK OTHER

27 · BUDDY HACKETT AND THE COMEDY OF ACCEPTANCE

PART V · From Moment to Madness

28 · THE REALM OF VERY DENSE AFFECT: MECHANISMS OF INCREASE

29 · OVERLOAD: AFFECT BEYOND THE LIMITS OF TOLERANCE

30 · A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHAME

31 · THE RANGE OF SHAME

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Index