In Defence of Shame

By Tanveer Ahmed

Psychiatrist Dr Tanveer Ahmed looks at the history and contemporary rise of shame and its overlap with group identity and mental health. Dr Ahmed argues that the stigmatisation of shame is part of a wider "tyranny of the positive". This stigmatisation of negative emotions limits human flourishing and contributes to the growth in disorders such as anxiety and self-harm, aspects of which are often grounded in unnamed and tamed shame.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1925826872
• ISBN13: 9781925826876
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"