Shame : the politics and power of an emotion / David Keen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keen, David, 1958- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shame.

Emotions.

Stigma (Social psychology).

Physical Description:

vii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Today, we are caught in a shame spiral--a vortex of mutual shaming that pervades everything from politics to social media. We are shamed for our looks, our culture, our ethnicity, our sexuality, our poverty, our wrongdoings, our politics. But what is the point of all this shaming and countershaming? Does it work? And if so, for whom? In Shame, David Keen explores the function of modern shaming, paying particular attention to how shame is instrumentalized and weaponized. Keen points out that there is usually someone who offers an escape from shame--and that many of those who make this offer have been piling on shame in the first place. Self-interested manipulations of shame, Keen argues, are central to understanding phenomena as wide-ranging as consumerism, violent crime, populist politics, and even war and genocide. Shame is political as well as personal. To break out of our current cycle of shame and shaming, and to understand the harm that shame can do, we must recognize the ways that shame is being made to serve political and economic purposes."-- Amazon.com.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780691183756

0691183759

OCLC:

1402180691