The program for the Tomkins Institute Reading Group out to June is now available.

Readings include not only the work of Tomkins (specifically, we are reading through the volumes of his magnus opus Affect, Imagery, Consciousness) but of other researchers related to Affect Script theory. These are relatively casual Zoom interactions, but participants are expected to have, at minimum, a mid-level knowledge of Tomkins’ basic ideas, particularly affect theory and the innate activator model. Sessions are held the last Monday of each month at 7:30 pm and typically last 90 minutes.

Please see the schedule of readings below. Sometimes these are available for download, while the books included may occasionally have to be purchased or borrowed by participants.

Should members be interested in participating, please signal your interest by contacting Phil Rose at dr.philrose@gmail.com.

January 27, 2025

Tomkins, S. "Distress-Anguish and the Crying Response" (Vol. 2,

Chapter 14: pp. 289-312).

*Lettierir, G. et al (2024), "Dissecting abstract, modality-specific and

experience-dependent coding of affect in the human brain", Science

Advances, Vol. 10, No. 10, pp. 1-19.

Feb 24, 2025

Tomkins, S. "The Socialization of Anger" (Vol. 3, Chapter 30: pp.

755-762).

*Matsumoto, D. et al (2017), " Emotion and Aggressive Intergroup

Cognitions: The ANCODI Hypothesis", Aggressive Behavior, Vol. 43,

pp 93-107.

Mar. 24, 2025

Tomkins, S. "Distress-Anguish Dynamics: The Adult Consequences

of the Socialization of Crying" (Vol. 2, Chapter 15: pp. 313-350).

Bois, J.S. (1996). "Chapter 9 - Stages of Cultural Development: an

Epistemological Profile", in The Art of Awareness (4th or 5th

edition). Santa Monica: Continuum, pp. 170-199.

Apr. 28, 2025

Tomkins, S. "Ideology and Anger" (Vol. 3, Chapter 31: pp. 763-778).

*Keen, David (2023). Introduction. Shame: The Politics and Power of

an Emotion. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 1-12.

May. 26, 2025

Tomkins, S. "Shame-Humiliation vs. Contempt-Disgust: The Nature

of the Response" (Vol. 2, Chapter 16: pp. 289-312).

*Moll, J. et al. (2005) "The Moral Affiliations of Disgust: A

Functional MRI Study", Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Vol. 18,

No. 1, pp. 68-78.

Jun. 23, 2025

Tomkins, S. "Anger Management and Anger Control Scripts" (Vol. 3,

Chapter 32: pp. 779-786).

*Gross, J. and L. Barrett (2009) "Emotion Generation and Emotion

Regulation: One or Two Depends on Your Point of View", Emotional

Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-15.

*Watt, J. Review - "Emotion Generation and Emotion Regulation"

*David, G. "Affect and Cognition in Time"

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