03405nam 2200661 450 991046556830332120210701021720.00-8014-7136-21-322-52241-30-8014-7137-010.7591/9780801471377(CKB)3710000000216390(OCoLC)889302565(CaPaEBR)ebrary10904430(SSID)ssj0001399057(PQKBManifestationID)11729895(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001399057(PQKBWorkID)11450294(PQKB)11235801(MiAaPQ)EBC3138638(DE-B1597)515845(OCoLC)1083592294(DE-B1597)9780801471377(MdBmJHUP)muse58458(Au-PeEL)EBL3138638(CaPaEBR)ebr10904430(CaONFJC)MIL683523(OCoLC)922998601(EXLCZ)99371000000021639020140815h20042004 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe transmission of affect /Teresa BrennanIthaca, New York :Cornell University Press,2004.©20041 online resource (242 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8014-3998-1 0-8014-8862-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Foreword /Teachout, Woden --CHAPTER ONE. Introduction --CHAPTER TWO. The Transmission of Affect in the Clinic --CHAPTER THREE. Transmission in Groups --CHAPTER FOUR. The New Paradigm --CHAPTER FIVE. The Sealing of the Heart --CHAPTER SIX. The Education of the Senses --CHAPTER SEVEN. Interpreting the Flesh --Notes --Works Cited --IndexThe idea that one can soak up someone else's depression or anxiety or sense the tension in a room is familiar. Indeed, phrases that capture this notion abound in the popular vernacular: "negative energy," "dumping," "you could cut the tension with a knife." The Transmission of Affect deals with the belief that the emotions and energies of one person or group can be absorbed by or can enter directly into another. The ability to borrow or share states of mind, once historically and culturally assumed, is now pathologized, as Teresa Brennan shows in relation to affective transfer in psychiatric clinics and the prevalence of psychogenic illness in contemporary life. To neglect the mechanism by which affect is transmitted, the author claims, has serious consequences for science and medical research. Brennan's theory of affect is based on constant communication between individuals and their physical and social environments. Her important book details the relationships among affect, energy, and "new maladies of the soul," including attention deficit disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, codependency, and fibromyalgia.Affect (Psychology)Social aspectsElectronic books.Affect (Psychology)Social aspects.152.4CP 3200rvkBrennan Teresa1952-880025MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465568303321The transmission of affect2489007UNINA