An exciting new book based on correspondence between Don Nathanson and Gary David
This message comes directly from the author, Gary David: Dear friends and colleagues: I am offering a new PDF book (213 pages) based on emails to and from Donald Nathanson, M.D. I collected them from 1999 to 2012. Don was a significant... Read More
The Shame and Humiliation of the Precariously Employed
Phil Rose, PhD Silvan Tomkins describes each of the innate affects as a continuum of intensity. In this way, we recognize that humiliation is the intensified experience of shame. He also points out that shame is not an affect proper,... Read More
An Effective Application of Tomkins in New South Wales
In New South Wales, Australia, when people are referred to the Goulburn Family Support Services (GFSS) they always get a basic education in Silvan Tomkins’ theory of affects. “We started doing this in 2002 and have found it to be... Read More
Tomkins and Izard: Theories Compared
By Duncan Lucas, PhD. and Maria McManus Carroll Izard is a widely cited theorist and researcher on emotion, possibly more well-known today than his mentor, Silvan Tomkins. People familiar with Izard’s theories might be interested in understanding the similarities with... Read More
Videos of Babies and Affects
Youtube videos are precious for more than just kittens and cuteness. These videos, fun and funny as they are to watch, are excellent examples of affects in action. Of particular note is the video on shame, an affect that is... Read More
The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice
by Vick Kelly (Excerpted and edited from the Tomkins Talk Forum) The following link provides information about an exciting potential interface between ASP, Neuroscience, and Restorative Justice: https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_reisel_the_neuroscience_of_restorative_justice I find it very interesting that neuroimaging has shown poorly developed amygdalas in so-called psychopaths. There... Read More
Affect and Faith: Putting the Worth-ship in Worship
The Heart of Faith by David McShane Religions often don’t understand how faith happens. Like the cultures they are embedded in, many operate as though thought governs behavior. What most faith institutions fail to appreciate is that affects motivate, not thought. This... Read More
Silvan Says #1: Name and Address (How Memory Works)
This is the first in a series of short articles that look deeply at a particular passage or section of Silvan Tomkins’s work. By Dave McShane When Silvan Tomkins wrote about memory he took pains to specify what a name... Read More
Fraud Psychology Underscores Importance of Affect-Script
In May, for a required course on finance in a Master’s Level class at Northwestern University, Daven Morrison presented a lecture on fraud and the psychology behind it. As fraud is a human act, and because all actions are fundamentally... Read More
