Guilt is the dark force behind haunting anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviour, life meaninglessness, and depression– a force to be kept in check. Yet guilt is equally our richest and most hidden resource, the essence of our humanness, and it drives us on to our highest achievements. Today, when in...

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Beteilige Person:	Carroll, John 1944- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Morality, society and culture
Schlagwörter:	Geschichte 1350-2020 bisacsh / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General Kultur Schuld > Motiv Literatur Psychologie
Zusammenfassung:	Guilt is the dark force behind haunting anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviour, life meaninglessness, and depression– a force to be kept in check. Yet guilt is equally our richest and most hidden resource, the essence of our humanness, and it drives us on to our highest achievements. Today, when individuals feel bad it is not usually because of something specific they have done. Rather, thundering around in the depths of their being is guilt: obscure, unconscious, yet irrepressible and ever-present. Where does it come from, what are its ways, and how might it be put to useful work? This book explores the nature of guilt, shedding light on how the modern West came increasingly to understand it as ‘the most terrible sickness’. It traces the psychological origins of guilt in each person’s family, and demonstrates the historical rise of guilt in parallel with civilization. It examines the modern predicament: the difficulty of finding explanations for guilt in a secular, post-church society– and the possibility of relief from its curse, while channelling it into a fulfilling life. As such it will appeal to those with interests in sociology, psychology, psychiatry, cultural studies, cultural history, and anthropology
Umfang:	viii, 184 Seiten
ISBN:	9780367207687 9780367207670