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Book SynopsisShame is one of the most stigmatized and stigmatizing of emotions. Often characterized as an emotion in which the subject holds a global, negative self-assessment, shame is typically understood to mark the subject as being inadequate in some way, and a sizable amount of work on shame focuses on its problematic or unhealthy aspects, effects, or consequences. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Shame brings into view a more balanced understanding of what shame is and its value and social function. The contributors recognize shame as a complex, richly layered, conscious or unconscious phenomenon, and the collection offers an understanding of what shame is, the scholarly discourse on shame, and how theories of shame help us to understand ourselves, others, and the world around us. It also highlights a diverse range of perspectives on shame, and how these unique perspectives can enlighten our understanding of both the positive and negative aspects of this powerful emotion. Edited by Cecilea M
Trade ReviewAccording to many psychologists and philosophers, shame is a painful emotion of the vulnerable self, an ugly and negative feeling and a destructive and pathological state of the mind. By breaking and softening the boundaries of academic disciplines and adopting integrative viewpoints, however, Cecilia Mun and the authors of this volume carefully develop inclusive and holistic interpretations of shame to demonstrate that shame is more than a negative and self-critical emotion with depressive feeling and reactive attitude. In their chapters, they argue convincingly that shame is the unique and powerful human experience of self-consciousness, interpersonal relation, norm, culture, politics, body, ontology, phenomenology, and rationality. This volume provides much-needed multidimensional analysis of shame and expands the horizon of how we study and understand shame with an insightful and stimulating collection of essays, a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary study of shame that both scholars and students can benefit from. -- Bongrae Seok, Alvernia University
Table of ContentsPart I Methods and Theories Chapter 1: Shame is a Folk Term Unsuitable as a Technical Term in Science, Dolichan Kollareth, Mariko Kikutani, and James A. Russell Chapter 2: Unification through the Rationalities and Intentionalities of Shame, Cecilea Mun Chapter 3: Oppression and Liberation via the Rationalities of Shame, Cecilea Mun Chapter 4: The Virtues of Epistemic Shame in Critical Dialogue, Laura Candiotto Chapter 5: Being In and Excluded from the Sociotechnical World, Matthew Rukgaber Part II Norms, Cultures, and Politics Chapter 6: Nietzsche, Shame, and the Seal of Liberation, Daniel R. Herbert Chapter 7: Shame and Moral Learning from Coetzee’s Disgrace, Alba Montes Sánchez Chapter 8: Body Shaming in the Era of Social Media, Lisa Cassidy Chapter 9: Shame and Its Political Consequences in the Age of Neoliberalism, Mikko Salmela Chapter 10: Queering Shame, Julian Honkasalo
