The S-Word is Taboo: Shame is Invisible in Modern Societies

Stein WHY THE ANALYST ' S SHAME IS NOT DISCUSSED

In a recently published paper, Fonagy and Target (1995) tell us of a patient with a congenital deformity of the spine, who, unkempt, unshaven, and dirty, declined with contempt any help from the analyst, while at the same time asking for it, and sneeringly rejected an interpre­ tation involving his dependency on the latter. This patient started an analytic session by suddenly taking off his shi...

Researching Sexual Abuse in Societies in Which Sexuality Is Regarded as Taboo: Difficulties and Proposed Solutions

Modern literary interpretation in understanding the meaning of the verse ‘There is nothing like Him’

Numerous views have been expressed by commentators and writers about the literary aspect and the meaning of the Qurchr('39')anic phrase "There is nothing like Him". The sequence of the words "ka" and "like" in the holy verse, has led to two literary and semantic illusions. The literary illusion is that "ka" seems to be redundant and the semantic illusion is the word ‘like’ indirectly proves the...

who is busayri the modern era?

eminent allah has stated; the merciful prophet mohammad is superior to believers than themselves. therefore honoring the merciful prophet mohammad is urgent for the muslims in order to repel the attacks of the current era ignorance. based on what was stated i decided to introduce a current age poet who is called the boosiri of his era. he is the one whose most of works have been allocated to pu...

Is Shame Hallucinogenic?

Research into the causes of "hearing voices," formally termed auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH), has primarily focused on cognitive mechanisms. A potentially causative role for emotion has been relatively neglected. This paper uses historical and contemporary case studies of AVH to tentatively generate the hypothesis that shame can be a causal factor in the onset of AVH. Other sources of sup...