Shame and Guilt by Ernest Kurtz (English) Paperback Book

Description: Shame and Guilt by Ernest Kurtz Shame & Guilt explores the differences between these two painful but inevitable experiences. Both guilt and shame involve feeling "bad"-feeling bad about ones actions (or omissions) in the case of guilt; feeling bad about ones self in shame. The deep meaning of the word bad is "unable to fit" unable to fit into some external context in the case of guilt, unable to fit into ones own being in the case of shame. Human experience offers two different ways of discovering that one does not "fit," of feeling "bad." Each has to do with the boundaries of the human condition. But there are two kinds of boundaries, and it is important to recognize their difference, the difference between rules and goals. For though the human condition is bounded, recognizing that reality can be either a choking, tightening experience or it can lead to the discovery of a new freedom. True, shames negative side points up failure and falling short, but shame also entails something positive: insight into the reality of the human condition. The experience of shame lays bare the essential paradox that inheres in being human: to be human is to be caught in a contradictory tension between the pull to the unlimited, the more-than-human, and the drag of the merely limited, the less-than-human. Shames healing is to be found in the discovery of how that paradox can be lived creatively in ways that find other human beings to be not the problem in shame, but its solution. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Ernie Kurtz received his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University in 1978. His doctoral dissertation was published as the book, Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous. Since then, he has published The Spirituality of Imperfection, and the booklet, Shame and Guilt: Characteristics of the Dependency Cycle. He has also published a number of articles, both scholarly and popular, on topics related to his interests and has lectured nationally and internationally on subjects related to the academic study of spirituality. Some of his articles have been published in the Details ISBN0595454925 Author Ernest Kurtz Short Title SHAME & GUILT REV/E 2/E Pages 80 Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0595454925 ISBN-13 9780595454921 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 152.44 Year 2007 Residence US DOI 10.1604/9780595454921 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2007-07-24 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2007-07-24 NZ Release Date 2007-07-24 US Release Date 2007-07-24 Place of Publication Lincoln Publisher iUniverse.com Edition Description 2nd Revised ed. Publication Date 2007-07-24 Imprint iUniverse.com We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134737331;

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