23SECTION 2. RECOMMENDED READING
A. SCHOLARLY SOURCES (PRIMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY)
Author
Work
Year
Note
Freud, S.
Totem and Taboo
1913
Foundation of the psychoanalysis of guilt
Freud, S.
Moses and Monotheism
1939
Religion and collective guilt
Weber, M.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
1905
Guilt and economic behavior
Benedict, R.
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
1946
Shame culture vs. guilt culture
Dodds, E.R.
The Greeks and the Irrational
1951
Antiquity and the sense of guilt
Fanon, F.
Black Skin, White Masks
1952
Colonial guilt and identity
Arendt, H.
Organized Guilt and Universal Responsibility
1945
Political guilt
Girard, R.
The Scapegoat
1986
Mechanism of collective sacrifice
Tangney, J., Dearing, R.
Shame and Guilt
2002
Empirical study
Baumeister, R. et al.
Guilt: An Interpersonal Approach
1994
Social nature of guilt
Gilbert, P.
Introducing Compassion-Focused Therapy
2009
CFT protocols
Neff, K.
Self-Compassion
2023
Annual Review of Psychology
van der Kolk, B.
The Body Keeps the Score
2014
Trauma and the body
Sapolsky, R.
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
1994
Stress and physiology
B. BOOKS FOR SELF-GUIDED WORK
Author
Book
Year
For whom
Kristin Neff
Self-Compassion
2011
Anyone working with self-criticism
Paul Gilbert
Compassion-Focused Therapy
2014
For chronic shame
Aaron Beck
Cognitive Therapy of Depression
1976
For depressive symptoms
Steven Hassan
Combating Cult Mind Control
1988
After destructive groups
John Gottman
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
1999
For relationship work
Haim Ginott
Between Parent and Child
1965
For parents
Kenan Ragimov
The Guilt Virus
2026
This book
V. SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES AND STUDIES
Study
Source
Year
Key finding
GBD 2023
IHME
2023
75% increase in depression over 35 years
World Mental Health Report
WHO
2022, 2024
Stigma as a barrier to treatment
Frontiers in Sociology
Collectivism & Depression
2023
Shame culture is a strong predictor
JAMA Psychiatry
PTSD & Autoimmunity
2019
+30–50% risk of autoimmune diseases
WestEd
Restorative Justice in Schools
2019
−38% student suspensions
Russell, A.M.
Cultural influences on suicide in Japan
2017
Shame and suicide in Japan
Anglin, R.E. et al.
Vitamin D & Depression
2013
Moderate association (~10% of variance)
Holt-Lunstad, J. et al.
Loneliness & Mortality
2015
Loneliness = mortality risk factor
Kirby, J. et al.
Meta-analysis of compassion-based interventions
2023
CFT is effective for shame and self-criticism
Osimo, E. et al.
Inflammation & Depression
2020
Inflammatory hypothesis of depression
Neff, K.
Self-Compassion: Theory & Method
2023 (Annual Reviews)
Review of 20 years of research