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The rise of the shame society : America's change from a guilt culture into a shame culture / Marcel H. Van Herpen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herpen, Marcel H. van, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shame--Social aspects--United States.
- Shame.
- Social psychology--United States.
- Social psychology.
- United States--Social life and customs--1971-.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxv, 215 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The rise of the modern shame society
- Prologue: Guilt versus shame
- What is shame and what is guilt and which of the two is "better"?
- New shaming practices : back to the past?
- The changing character of individualism
- Economic individualism : individualism's "ugly face"?
- The "other-directed person" : conformity instead of individualism?
- Joyless consumption
- Expressive individualism and its holy grail : "authenticity"
- How expressive individualism morphed into narcissism
- The narcissist's pursuit of the perfect body
- Narcissism goes global
- The happiness revolution
- De-shaming processes I : is racial shame becoming "old shame"?
- De-shaming processes II : de-shaming of LGBTQI people and people with a disability
- The emergence of new shame I : fat shaming
- The emergence of new shame II : Hikikomori : the young hermits
- Conclusion: Respect : what is it and to whom do we owe it?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 08, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Herpen, Marcel H. van, 1945- Rise of the shame society
- ISBN:
- 9781666914696
- 166691469X
- Publisher Number:
- 40031203197
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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