Democracy and the Death of Shame

ISBN-13: 9781107635906 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 216 str.

Jill Locke

Opis

This book explores shame as a politically charged idea that is disavowed, invoked, and negotiated in moments of democratic struggle.

Recenzje

'Democracy and the Death of Shame is an insightful and timely work, engaging with many contemporary debates regarding the politics of shame. It will be of interest to feminist scholars, political theorists, and philosophers who are concerned with shame and its role in history and politics.' Luna Dolezal, Hypatia Reviews Online (www.hypatiareviews.org)

Spis treści

Part I. Shame's Allure: Introduction. The mythology of Aidōs; 1. The lament that shame is dead; Part II. Unashamed Citizens: 2. 'A Socrates gone mad': Plato's lament and the threat of cynic shamelessness; 3. Rousseau's pariahs, Rousseau's laments: pudeur and the authentic ideal in revolutionary France; Part III. Contamination and Lamentation: 4. Furious democracy: nineteenth-century 'slut shaming', Indian removal, and the ascent of the 'ill-bred' man; 5. Arendt's lament: the death of shame and the rise of political children; Conclusion. Is shame necessary?