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Anger
The Misunderstood Emotion
by Carol Tavris
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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster; Revised (September 15 1989)
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Chapter 1: Rage and Reason - an Eternal Ambivalence
Once thought to be a destructive emotion that should be suppressed at all costs, anger is now widely thought to be a healthy emotion that costs too much when it is suppressed.

Chapter 1: The Fallacy of the Swami's Snake
Human beings so often seem to behave like stickle-backs, baby birds, and wolves, it seemed logical to conclude that the rage response is as programmed into us as into other species. Indeed, as Darwin's stringers in India, New Zealand, China

Chapter 1: The Freudian Legacy
We owe to Sigmund Freud, of course, the belief that our rational, conscious faculties do not know the half of what they are doing; that the unconscious, that seething cauldron of naughty instincts, guides so many of our feelings and actions.



Book Description

"This landmark book" (San Francisco Chronicle) dispels the common myths about the causes and uses of anger — for example, that expressing anger is always good for you, that suppressing anger is always unhealthy, or that women have special "anger problems" that men do not. Dr. Carol Tavris expertly examines every facet of that fascinating emotion — from genetics to stress to the rage for justice.

Fully revised and updated, Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion now includes:

  • A new consideration of biological politics: Should testosterone or PMS excuse rotten tempers or aggressive actions?

  • The five conditions under which anger is likely to be effective — and when it's not.

  • Strategies for solving specific anger problems — chronic anger, dealing with difficult people, repeated family battles, anger after divorce or victimization, and aggressive children.

About the Author

Carol Tavris, Ph.D.Carol Tavris, Ph.D.

Carol Tavris, Ph.D., earned her doctorate in social psychology from the University of Michigan. She was senior editor for several years of a then-new magazine, Psychology Today, and went on to develop a career as a teacher, lecturer, and psychology writer. She is coauthor (with Carole Wade) of The Longest War: Sex Differences in Perspective and an introductory textbook, Psychology.

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