Shame and the self

Gilligan points to the nexus of shame, helplessness and violence to the mind, linked to experiences of violence and helplessness in early life. While shame motivates behaviour that defends against further experience of helplessness, I argue that shame first comes into being as a psychical mechanism...

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Main Author: Braddock, Louise (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Interdisciplinary applications of shame/violence theory
Year: 2022, Pages: 59-76
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Keywords:
aidos
existential anxiety
object relation
psychic defence
Psychoanalysis