{"product_id":"the-rise-of-the-shame-society-america-s-change-from-a-guilt-culture-into-a-shame-culture-9781666914702","title":"The Rise of the Shame Society: America’s Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican society is often characterized as a “guilt culture,” as opposed to non-Western “shame cultures.” But is this distinction still valid today? Through examples like shaming penalties in criminal law, “fat shaming,” and cyberbullying on the social media, The Rise of the Shame Society: America’s Change from a Guilt Culture into a Shame Culture shows how shame is increasingly invading our lives, leading to feelings of humiliation and depression. Marcel Van Herpen identifies three causes of this phenomenon: new childrearing methods, the advent of the social media, and a transformation of Western individualism. He weighs the arguments for and against a shame society and concludes that a guilt-centered approach remains preferable. Although shame increasingly permeates everyday life, the author argues that its rise is not a fatality. He emphasizes that shame is a dynamic phenomenon and that one can observe trends which lead to an increase of shame, as well as to its decrease. Examples of the latter are a growing sensitivity to the pain caused by anti-Black racism, the decrease of anti-LGBTQIA+ prejudices, and efforts to end the stigmatization of people with disabilities. Along with exploring its increase, The Rise of the Shame Society demonstrates that there are ways to overcome shame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Shame and guilt are not two sides of the same coin; rather, they differ in provenance, praxis, and consequences. Marcel H. Van Herpen’s The Rise of the Shame Society is an insightful, deeply researched, and thoroughly readable treatment of a societal shift which has profound implications. Simply put, guilt as an internal ordering influence in America and the West is giving way to a ‘shame culture’ that has its roots in postindustrial narcissism, permissiveness, and the technologies that now facilitate so much public censure. This sweeping study borrows from a range of disciplines and draws on a wide array of thinkers, from Aristotle, Rousseau, and Nietzsche to Freud, Riesman, Sartre, and Lasch. The Rise of the Shame Society is an impressive work of scholarship that is sure to spur much discussion and debate.”\u003c\/p\u003e -- Joe Renouard, Johns Hopkins University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Rise of the Modern Shame Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Guilt Versus Shame\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: What Is Shame and What Is Guilt and Which of the Two Is “Better”?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: New Shaming Practices: Back to the Past?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: The Rise of the Western Guilt Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Changing Character of Individualism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Economic Individualism: Individualism’s “Ugly Face”?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The “Other-Directed Person”: Conformity Instead of Individualism?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Joyless Consumption\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Expressive Individualism and Its Holy Grail: “Authenticity”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Narcissistic Individualism and the Rise of the Modern Shame Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: How Expressive Individualism Morphed into Narcissism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The Narcissist’s Pursuit of the Perfect Body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Narcissism Goes Global\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: The Happiness Revolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: The Development of a New Dialectic: “Old Shame” Versus “New Shame”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: De-Shaming Processes I: Is Racial Shame Becoming “Old Shame”?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: De-Shaming Processes II: De-Shaming of LGBTQI People and People with a Disability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: The Emergence of New Shame I: Fat Shaming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: The Emergence of New Shame II: Hikikomori: The Young Hermits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Respect: What Is It and to Whom Do We Owe It?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042011808087,"sku":"9781666914702","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rise-of-the-shame-society-america-s-change-from-a-guilt-culture-into-a-shame-culture-9781666914702","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}