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The Selected Writings of Silvan S Tomkins

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Paperback | 12 June 1995

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Silvan Tomkins was one of the most influential theorists on emotion and emotional expression. Over a period of 40 - some years - until his death in 1991 - he developed a set of original, important ideas about the nature of affect and its relationship to cognition and personality. Tomkins dealt with fundamental questions in a fresh and provocative way, establishing affect as a separate, biological system, and providing compelling data on discrete affect expressions. Several years before his death, Professor Tomkins agreed to bring his papers (unpublished and published) together into Exploring Affect for Cambridge Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction. He worked with Paul Ekman and Klaus Scherer to develop a structure for the book that would synthesize his theory of emotion. Unfortunately, he died before he was able to complete the process. Virginia Demos, who knew Professor Tomkins well, took on the enormous task of compiling the papers and writing connective material for the book. This volume of Tomkins selected writings on affect brings together his works of four decades and makes them available at a more receptive time in the field. It is a treasure trove of provocative, insightful and relevant ideas.

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"...an edited volume of Tomkins's selected writings is of such great value. Though the task was no doubt arduous, E. Virginia Demos has selected and edited a perspicuous account of Tomkins's nearly 50 years of scholarship." Ed de St. Aubin, Contemporary Psychology

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Non-Fiction Psychology Social Psychology Physiological & Neuro-Psychology, Biopsychology Psychological Theory, Systems, Schools of Thought & Viewpoints Behavioural Theory & Behaviourism The Self, Ego, Identity, Personality

Introduction
Affect theory
Affect and ideology
The face of affect
Script theory: the differential magnification of affect
Human being theory: a foundation for the study of personality
A complete annotated bibliography of Silvan S. Tomkins' writings with a brief biography
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Exploring Affect

The Selected Writings of Silvan S Tomkins

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