by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | Indeed, in mainstream American culture, boys have been raised to shun or dampen down over half of the nine inborn emotions (interest/excitement, joy, surprise, fear, anger, distress/anguish, shame/humiliation, disgust/dislike, dissmell/contempt). Older boys and men
EMOTIONAL FLUENCY: Introducing A Path to Higher Social and Environmental Consciousness
by Norman M. Brown, Ph.D. | We apologize in advance for the higher-than-usual density of novel ideas in our writings on emotions which arises from the greater sophistication of Silvan Tomkins’ emotional theories compared to popular emotional common sense. Please