Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Shame : Methods, Theories, Norms, Cultures, and Politics

This edited collection of interdisciplinary perspectives on shame provides insight into scholarly concerns regarding the appropriate methods for studying shame and the theories that they yield, as well as the import of shame to our self, others, and the community to which we belong. Cover Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Shame Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Shame: Methods, Theories, Norms, Cultures, and Politics Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter Summaries Part I: Methods and Theories Chapter 1 Shame is a Folk Term Unsuitable as a Technical Term in Science Current Psychological Research on Shame Cultural and Lexical Differences Related to Shame Historical Linguistics of “Shame” The Descriptive Project on “Shame” Prescriptive Project APPENDIX ACKNOWLEDGMENT References Chapter 2 Unification through the Rationalities and Intentionalities of Shame The Ontological Rationality of Shame The Intentionality and Rationality of Shame According to a Standard Account Standard Versus Non-Standard Accounts, and the Genus of Shame PREcisifying the CORSHAME and Identifying SURSHAME Fulfilling the CORSHAME A Significant Benefit of the SURSHAME ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Notes References Chapter 3 Oppression and Liberation via the Rationalities of Shame Taylor’s Standard Account of Shame The “Rationality” of Groundless Shame A Taxonomy of Epistemic Injustice Shaming, Being Shamed, and Testimonial Injustice Shame, Rationality, Hermeneutic Injustice, and Contributory Injustice Shame and Epistemic Silencing The Righteous Indignation and Shame of the Marginalized Acknowledgement Notes References Chapter 4 The Virtues of Epistemic Shame in Critical Dialogue The Function of Aporetic States in the Socratic Method The Function of Epistemic Shame in Cooperative Group Learning The Context-Dependent Valence of Epistemic Shame Epistemic Shame, Epistemic Purification, and Cognitive Transformation The Epistemic Virtues of Lovely Shame Socratic Skepticism as Virtue in Lovely Shame Acknowledgments Notes References Chapter 5 Being In and Excluded from the Sociotechnical World The Phenomenology of Emotion and a Sociotechnical Systems Approach to Shame Disability and Shame within Sociotechnical Systems Acknowledgments Notes References Part II: Norms, Cultures, and Politics Chapter 6 Nietzsche, Shame, and the Seal of Liberation Nietzsche’s Challenge to Be Without Shame Before Oneself Schopenhauer as Nietzsche’s “Antipode” Compassion and Shamelessness “The Ugliest Man” Shame in Ancient Greek Culture Shame in the Birth of Tragedy Conclusion Acknowledgments Note References Chapter 7 Shame and Moral Learning in Coetzee’s Disgrace Disgrace and the Social Self-Conscious Structure of Shame Narcissistic Shame and Bypassed Shame Survivor Shame and Moral Shame Moral Shame and the Continued Threat of Narcissism What Is Moral about Shame, According to Coetzee Acknowledgments Notes References Chapter 8 Body Shaming in the Era of Social Media Body Shaming Online and In Real Life Body Shaming Online Versus in Real Life When Might Body Shaming be Justified? On Shame Reversals Case Study: The Ongoing Body Shaming of Serena Williams Acknowledgments Notes References Chapter 9 Shame and Its Political Consequences in the Age of Neoliberalism Social Identities and Shame Shame as a Master Emotion in Contemporary Neoliberal Societies The Political Consequences of Shame in Contemporary Neoliberal Societies Final Remarks Notes References Chapter 10 Queering Shame Subversive Shame and the Critique of Heteronormative Future From Shame to Queer Utopianism Shame as a Relational and Political Experience Building a Community, Making a Home, and Reclaiming the Body Conclusion Notes References Index About the Editor About the Contributors Shame is one of the most stigmatized and stigmatizing of emotions. Often characterized as an emotion in which the subject holds a global, negative self-assessment, shame is typically understood to mark the subject as being inadequate in some way, and a sizable amount of work on shame focuses on its problematic or unhealthy aspects, effects, or consequences. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Shame reorients readers to a more balanced understanding of what shame is, as well as its value and social function. The contributors recognize shame as a complex, richly layered, conscious or unconscious phenomenon, and the collection offers an understanding of how theories of shame can help or hinder us in understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us. It also highlights how a diverse range of perspectives on shame can enlighten our understanding of both the positive and negative aspects of this powerful emotion. Edited by Cecilea Mun, these chapters by an international group of scholars reflect a broad range of methods, disciplinary perspectives, and both theoretical and practical concerns regarding shame. "Shame is one of the most stigmatized and stigmatizing of emotions. Often characterized as an emotion in which the subject holds a global, negative self-assessment, shame is typically understood to mark the subject as being inadequate in some way, and a sizable amount of work on shame focuses on its problematic or unhealthy aspects, effects, of consequences. [This book] reorients readers to a more balanced understanding of what shame is, a well as its value and social function. The contributors recognize shame as a complex, richly layered, conscious or unconscious phenomenon, and this collection offers an understanding of how theories of shame can help or hinder us in understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us. It also highlights how a diverse range of perspectives on shame can enlighten our understanding of both the positive and negative aspects of this powerful emotion."--Back cover