{"product_id":"shame-9780252041402","title":"Shame","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Title, 2018 \u003cbr\u003e \"This well-written, thought-provoking, and comprehensively researched work is an important contribution to the growing area of emotions in society. . . . Essential.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eShame: A Brief History\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a breathtaking journey examining shame and shaming practices around the globe and through the ages. Stearns deftly delineates continuities and discontinuities across time and cultures, integrating key perspectives from psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics and more. This masterful work is delightfully written and thought provoking, exploring the uses of shame across multiple domains—education, childrearing, penology, international politics, to name a few. For better or worse, shame is with us—past, present, and future.\"--June P. Tangney, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eShame in the Therapy Hour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eShame: A Brief History\u003c\/i\u003e knits together dispersed analyses of emotion of shame in individual cultures. . . .Stearns's long-term history of shame crosses the boundaries of classical, medieval, early modern and modern periodization so common in the history of emotions.\" --\u003ci\u003eSocial History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The central argument of \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and incisive piece of cultural criticism, on par with some of Stearns's best work.\" --\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stearns is a leading authority in the field of American emotions. The depth and breadth of his knowledge is unrivaled. This is a wonderful book, a careful, in-depth study of one of the most important emotions of the current period.”--Joanna Bourke, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400441700695,"sku":"9780252041402","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252041402.jpg?v=1730470689","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shame-9780252041402","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}