Emotions and Violence: Shame and Rage in Destructive Conflicts

Emotions and Violence: Shame and Rage in Destructive Conflicts (Lexington Book Series on Social Theory)

What causes violence? Thomas Scheff and Suzanne Retzinger deftly explore this age-old question. What emerges is an extraordinarily innovative explanation that gives fresh hope for reducing physical and emotional violence in the world and in our times.The authors provide remarkable new insights into the sources of destructive conflict. They explore human interaction in psychotherapy sessions, marital quarrels, TV game shows, and high politics. Their original interpretation of a classic work of fiction, Goethe's The Sufferings of Young Werther, and case studies of Hitler and his master architect, Albert Speer, offer additional, powerful illustrations of their theory: violence arises from the denial of emotions particularly from the denial of shame and from hidden alienation in relationships.Researchers in violence, psychotherapists, and criminal justice professionals will welcome this thoughtful inquiry that integrates different disciplines and spans topics from alienation and conscience building to the hidden world of gesture, implication, and emotion. Scheff and Retzinger's examples and recommendations furnish a practical blueprint for understanding and reducing physical and emotional violence at both the interpersonal and societal levels. Social and behavioral scientists will be stimulated by the novel approach to theory and method in this work. It also has practical implications for the fields of psychotherapy, education, criminal justice, and international relations.
Country USA
Binding Paperback
EAN 9780595211906
ISBN 0595211909
Label iUniverse
Manufacturer iUniverse
NumberOfItems 1
NumberOfPages 238
PublicationDate 2002-01-08
Publisher iUniverse
Studio iUniverse
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780595211906
ISBN	0595211909
Label	iUniverse
Manufacturer	iUniverse
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	238
PublicationDate	2002-01-08
Publisher	iUniverse
Studio	iUniverse
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Emotions and Violence: Shame and Rage in Destructive Conflicts (Lexington Book Series on Social Theory)

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