The moral psychology of shame / edited by Alessandra Fussi and Raffaele Rodogno.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fussi, Alessandra, editor.

Rodogno, Raffaele, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Moral psychology of the emotions ; v.19.

Moral psychology of the emotions; v.19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shame--Moral and ethical aspects.

Shame.

Shame--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]

Summary:

This collection presents the latest research on one of the most controversial moral emotions: shame. Eleven original essays reveal that complexities in the connections between self, other, and morality span millennia and cultures and currently animate important debates at the core of feminism and disability studies.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

Bibliography

Chapter 1: Themes in Current Psychological Research on Shame

Measuring Shame

Shame-Eliciting Situations

Response Scales

Tangney on the (Mal)adaptiveness of Shame

Dispositional Shame, Individual Well-being and Interpersonal Functioning

Behavioural Consequences and Correlates of State Shame and Anticipated Shame

Group-based Shame

Evolutionary Approaches

Implications and Building Blocks for a New Psychological Account of Shame

(Mal)adaptive?

Bad Self?

Building Blocks for a New Psychological Account of Shame

Final Remarks

Chapter 2: The Moral Efficacy of the Confucian Sense of Shame

'Shame' in the Chinese Usage

The Content of One's Shame in Confucius' Analects

The Sense of Shame in the Mengzi

The Sense of Shame in the Xunzi

The Confucian Sense of Shame: The Internal Referee of the External Situation

Notes

Chapter 3: Plato on Shame

Four Positions on Platonic Shame

Different Ways to Understand Aidos and Aischyne

Fear of the Consequence of a Bad Reputation: Gyges

Internalized Values, Self-evaluation, Honour

Shame and Ambivalence

Chapter 4: Hume on Shame

The Mechanisms of Shame: Gabriele Taylor, Bernard Williams, and Richard Wollheim

Hume on Chastity and Modesty

Shame as Humility

A Due Degree of Pride

Vicious Shame

Chapter 5: The Functions of Shame in Nietzsche

The Functions of Shame in Nietzsche

Methodology

Social Regulation

Pathos of Distance

Counter-shame

Conclusion

​List of abbreviations of Nietzsche's works and translations

Bibliography.

Chapter 6: Shame as a Self-Conscious Positive Emotion: Scheler's Radical Revisionary Approach

Shame and Self-consciousness

Shame and Self-worth

Functions of Shame

Varieties of Shame

Bodily Shame and Psychological Shame

Shame Before Others and Shame Before Myself

Shame of Myself, Shame of Another Self and Shame for Another Self

Genuine Shame and Non-genuine Shame

Shame and Sexuality

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Chapter 7: Self-Understanding and Moral Self-Improvement in Shame and Shame Based on Group Identification

The Dilemma: Is Shame Good or Bad?1

Individual Shame and Its Moral Significance

Individual Shame: Fittingness, Moral Appropriateness and Self-Understanding

Shame Based on Group Identification

Hetero-Induced and Group-Based Shame: Fittingness and Moral Significance

Chapter 8: The Situatedness of Shame and Shaming: 'Little Worlds' and Social Transformations

Situatedness: Habitual Affective Intentionality, 'Little Worlds' and Emotion Repertoires

Situating Episodic and Dispositional Shame(lessness)

Situating (Public) Shaming: The Ecological Crisis

Chapter 9: Shame and Trauma

Shame and Trauma

Being the Victim

Identification with the Aggressor

Neglect and Recognition

Shame and Submission

Shame, Power and Community

Chapter 10: Shame, Gender and Self-Making

Women's Shame as Shame-Attunement

Gender Differences, Shame-Attunement and Shame

Shame-attunement and Sense of Self

The Shamefulness of Shame-attunement: Fanon

Chapter 11: Shame on Wrong Planet

Autism and Shame: State of the Art

Shame, Autism and Autistic Identity

Affective Dynamics: Shame and the Existential Feeling of Wrongness in Autism.

Make Room on the Planet

Index

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Shame as a Self-Conscious Positive Emotion: Scheler's Radical Revisionary Approach -- Shame and Self-consciousness -- Shame and Self-worth -- Functions of Shame -- Varieties of Shame -- Bodily Shame and Psychological Shame -- Shame Before Others and Shame Before Myself -- Shame of Myself, Shame of Another Self and Shame for Another Self -- Genuine Shame and Non-genuine Shame -- Shame and Sexuality -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Self-Understanding and Moral Self-Improvement in Shame and Shame Based on Group Identification

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Fussi, Alessandra The Moral Psychology of Shame

ISBN:

9781538177709

979-88-8181-762-6

OCLC:

1377815806