Hypocrisy Unmasked: Dissociation, Shame, And The Ethics Of Inauthenticity (new Imago)

__Hypocrisy Unmasked__ explores the motives, meanings, and mechanisms of hypocrisy, challenging two principal psychoanalytic assumptions: First, that hypocrisy expresses deviant, uncontrollable impulses or follows exclusively from superego weakness; and second, that it can be understood solely in terms of intrapsychic factors without reference to the influences of the field. Ronald C. Naso argues that each of these assumptions devolve into criticisms rather than explanations and demonstrates that hypocrisy represents a compromise among intrapsychic, interpersonal, situational, and cultural/linguistic forces in an individual life. __Hypocrisy Unmasked__ accords a healthy respect to the hypocrite's existentiality, including variables like opportunity and chance, and focuses on situations where the hypocrite's desires differ from those of others and on the moral principles that count in decision-making rather than how they are subsequently rationalized. Ultimately, hypocrisy exposes the ineradicable moral ambiguity of the human condition and the irreconcilability of desires and obligations. Cover 1 i 2 ii 3 iii 4 iv 5 v 6 vi 7 vii 8 viii 9 ix 10 x 11 xi 12 xii 13 xiii 14 xiv 15 001 16 002 17 003 18 004 19 005 20 006 21 007 22 008 23 009 24 010 25 011 26 012 27 013 28 014 29 015 30 016 31 017 32 018 33 019 34 020 35 021 36 022 37 023 38 024 39 025 40 026 41 027 42 028 43 029 44 030 45 031 46 032 47 033 48 034 49 035 50 036 51 037 52 038 53 039 54 040 55 041 56 042 57 043 58 044 59 045 60 046 61 047 62 048 63 049 64 050 65 051 66 052 67 053 68 054 69 055 70 056 71 057 72 058 73 059 74 060 75 061 76 062 77 063 78 064 79 065 80 066 81 067 82 068 83 069 84 070 85 071 86 072 87 073 88 074 89 075 90 076 91 077 92 078 93 079 94 080 95 081 96 082 97 083 98 084 99 085 100 086 101 087 102 088 103 089 104 090 105 091 106 092 107 093 108 094 109 095 110 096 111 097 112 098 113 099 114 100 115 101 116 102 117 103 118 104 119 105 120 106 121 107 122 108 123 109 124 110 125 111 126 112 127 113 128 114 129 115 130 116 131 117 132 118 133 119 134 120 135 121 136 122 137 123 138 124 139 125 140 126 141 127 142 128 143 129 144 130 145 131 146 132 147 133 148 134 149 135 150 136 151 137 152 138 153 139 154 140 155 141 156 142 157 143 158 144 159 145 160 146 161 147 162 148 163 149 164 150 165 151 166 152 167 153 168 154 169 155 170 156 171 157 172 158 173 159 174 160 175 161 176 162 177 163 178 164 179 165 180 166 181 167 182 168 183 169 184 170 185 171 186 172 187 173 188 174 189 175 190 176 191 177 192 178 193 179 194 180 195 181 196 182 197 183 198 184 199 185 200 186 201 187 202 188 203 189 204 190 205 191 206 192 207 193 208 194 209 195 210 196 211 197 212 198 213 199 214 200 215 201 216 202 217 203 218 204 219 205 220 206 221 207 222 208 223 209 224 210 225 211 226 212 227 213 228 214 229 215 230 216 231 217 232 218 233 219 234 220 235 221 236 222 237 Hypocrisy Unmasked aims more broadly to situate the phenomenon of hypocrisy within a postmodern framework, explaining it as a compromise fashioned by an embodied agent struggling to adapt and flourish amid moral ambiguity and uncertainty. Because morality ultimately is subjective, hypocrisy can no longer be conceptualized as an objective property of behavior or an empirical consequence divorced from the belief systems in which the agent is embedded. For this reason, this book argues that hypocrisy is neither inherently vicious nor virtuous. Instead, it is more usefully regarded as a condition of our humanity, one that speaks deeply to the conflicts and competing interests that define who we are. The paradox of hypocrisy The call of conscience Perversion and moral reckoning Compromises of integrity Beneath the mask Youthful indiscretions Dissociation as self-deception Multiplicity and moral ambiguity.