In Defence of Shame
In Defence of Shame By Tanveer Ahmed
2020 | 116 Pages | ISBN: 1925826872 | EPUB | 1 MB
2020 | 116 Pages | ISBN: 1925826872 | EPUB | 1 MB
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.