Good Anger
How Rethinking Rage Can Change Our Lives: a Best Book of 2025 by the Independent
1st Edition
Published on 5. June 2025
256 pages
978-1-3994-1790-7 (ISBN)
Description
AS FEATURED IN THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE INDEPENDENT, i, GQ, ESQUIRE, THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB
'A marvellous book ... enhances our understanding of ourselves and others' IRVINE WELSH
'Enlightening' MAIL ON SUNDAY
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DISCOVER HOW A MISUNDERSTOOD EMOTION CAN OFFER YOU CLARITY, PURPOSE AND STRENGTH
We are used to complaining there is too much anger in the world. But what about the cost of having too little? And what if, instead of fearing anger, we learned to use it wisely?
In Good Anger, journalist Sam Parker investigates how one of our most complex emotions became a taboo and the cost that suppressing it has on our mental and physical health, relationships and society. He argues that, rather than trip us up or fill us with shame, anger can be turned into a life-enhancing source of bravery, purpose and self-respect.
Drawing on insights from psychology, ancient philosophy and emotional science, Parker looks at the gendered expectations around anger, how repressed rage shows up in our bodies, and the crucial role processing anger plays in treating depression and anxiety. We learn how understanding anger can improve every facet of our lives, from love to creativity to professional success.
This provocative and seemingly counterintuitive book is for people-pleasers, conflict avoiders and self-improvers. It reminds us that embracing our emotions - even the ones that scare or confuse us - can help us become stronger, happier people.
'A marvellous book ... enhances our understanding of ourselves and others' IRVINE WELSH
'Enlightening' MAIL ON SUNDAY
--
DISCOVER HOW A MISUNDERSTOOD EMOTION CAN OFFER YOU CLARITY, PURPOSE AND STRENGTH
We are used to complaining there is too much anger in the world. But what about the cost of having too little? And what if, instead of fearing anger, we learned to use it wisely?
In Good Anger, journalist Sam Parker investigates how one of our most complex emotions became a taboo and the cost that suppressing it has on our mental and physical health, relationships and society. He argues that, rather than trip us up or fill us with shame, anger can be turned into a life-enhancing source of bravery, purpose and self-respect.
Drawing on insights from psychology, ancient philosophy and emotional science, Parker looks at the gendered expectations around anger, how repressed rage shows up in our bodies, and the crucial role processing anger plays in treating depression and anxiety. We learn how understanding anger can improve every facet of our lives, from love to creativity to professional success.
This provocative and seemingly counterintuitive book is for people-pleasers, conflict avoiders and self-improvers. It reminds us that embracing our emotions - even the ones that scare or confuse us - can help us become stronger, happier people.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
File size
0,92 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-3994-1790-7 (9781399417907)
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Sam Parker has been a journalist and editor for over fifteen years, writing for publications including the Guardian, Telegraph, Observer and GQ magazine. He can be found on X @samparkercouk, Instagram @samparkeruk, and the Substack goodanger.substack.com.
Content
Foreword
1. The other anger problem
2. Bad anger: a history
3. Anger and the body
4. Who is allowed to be angry
5. The anger advantage at work
6. Anger online
7. Anger in love
8. Good anger
9. The angry life
Afterword
References
Acknowledgements
Index
1. The other anger problem
2. Bad anger: a history
3. Anger and the body
4. Who is allowed to be angry
5. The anger advantage at work
6. Anger online
7. Anger in love
8. Good anger
9. The angry life
Afterword
References
Acknowledgements
Index
