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The Rise of the Shame Society - America's Change from a Guilt Culture into a Shame Culture (Hardcover)
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The Rise of the Shame Society - America's Change from a Guilt Culture into a Shame Culture (Hardcover)
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American 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.
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