>>Jay, I think, requested titles of books that take a psychoanalytic look at
>>affect.
I'm not aware that psychoanalysis has produced a well differentiated theory
of affect. There has primarily been a focus on anxiety (a general term) and
shame/guilt. Following are some of the latter:
Lewis, H. B. (1971). Shame and guilt in neurosis. New York: International
Universities Press.
Lynd, H. M. (1958). On shame and the search for identity. New York:
Harcourt, Brace.
Morrison, A. P. (1989). Shame: The underside of narcissism. Hillsdale, NJ:
The Analytic Press.
Piers, G., & Singer, M. B. (1953). Shame and guilt. Springfield, IL: Thomas.
Some of the most in-depth theoretical work on affect has been done by Sylvan
Tomkins from a primarily evolutionary perspective:
Tomkins, S. (1982). Affect theory. In P. Ekman (Ed.), Emotion in the human
face ( 2nd ed., pp. 354-395). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Tomkins, S. S. (1963). Affect, Imagery, Consciousness. New York: Springer.
All of the above take an individualistic, essentialist view of emotion.
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