Marcel H. Van Herpen

The Rise of the Shame Society

America's Change from a Guilt Culture into a Shame Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

American society is often characterized as a "guilt culture," as opposed to non-Western "shame cultures." But through examples like shaming penalties in criminal law, "fat shaming," and cyberbullying on the social media, this book shows how and why shame is increasingly invading our lives, leading to feelings of humiliation and depression.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9781666920208
• ISBN-10: 1666920207
• Artikelnr.: 63820133

Autorenporträt

By Marcel H. Van Herpen

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Rise of the Modern Shame Society
Prologue: Guilt Versus Shame
Chapter 1: What Is Shame and What Is Guilt and Which of the Two Is
"Better"?
Chapter 2: New Shaming Practices: Back to the Past?
Part I: The Rise of the Western Guilt Society
Chapter 3: The Changing Character of Individualism
Chapter 4: Economic Individualism: Individualism's "Ugly Face"?
Chapter 5: The "Other-Directed Person": Conformity Instead of
Individualism?
Chapter 6: Joyless Consumption
Chapter 7: Expressive Individualism and Its Holy Grail: "Authenticity"
Part II: Narcissistic Individualism and the Rise of the Modern Shame
Society
Chapter 8: How Expressive Individualism Morphed into Narcissism
Chapter 9: The Narcissist's Pursuit of the Perfect Body
Chapter 10: Narcissism Goes Global
Chapter 11: The Happiness Revolution
Part III: The Development of a New Dialectic: "Old Shame" Versus "New
Shame"
Chapter 12: De-Shaming Processes I: Is Racial Shame Becoming "Old Shame"?
Chapter 13: De-Shaming Processes II: De-Shaming of LGBTQI People and People
with a Disability
Chapter 14: The Emergence of New Shame I: Fat Shaming
Chapter 15: The Emergence of New Shame II: Hikikomori: The Young Hermits
Conclusion: Respect: What Is It and to Whom Do We Owe It?
Bibliography
About the Author