{"product_id":"guilt-9781032382661","title":"Guilt","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis insightful and innovative book sheds light on the complexity of the concept of guilt, while exploring aspects of guilt that have previously been overlooked in psychoanalytic theory and discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering original insights on the topic, Donald Carveth looks at Freud's failure to distinguish persecutory guilt from reparative guilt, and the superego from the conscience. The significance of these distinctions for both psychosocial theory and clinical practice is explored throughout the volume. Carveth distinguishes varieties of punitive guilt, such as justified, unjustified, borrowed or induced, existential and collective. He expertly describes patterns of self-punishment and self-sabotage, while also addressing the widespread use of persecutory guilt and self-punishment as a defence against and evasion of reparative guilt, contrition, and reparation. Throughout the volume, Carveth critically reviews a range of recent contributions to psychoanalytic literature to support his\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e 1. Guilt 2. Conscience 3. Guilt evasion in the self, society, and psychoanalysis 4. Conscience vs. superego 5. Two case vignettes 6. Recent contributions to the theory of the superego, guilt and conscience 7. Why I write about guilt\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019019977047,"sku":"9781032382661","price":24.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032382661.jpg?v=1750779057","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/guilt-9781032382661","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}