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An urgent, illuminating exploration of the social nature of shame, and of the ways in which it might be used, sparingly and pointedly, to promote political change and social reform.
In cultures that champion the individual, guilt is advertised as the cornerstone of conscience. Yet while guilt holds individuals to personal standards, it proves impotent in the face of corrupt corporate policies. In recent years, we have been asked to assuage our guilt about these problems as consumers, by buying organic foods or fair trade products, for example. Yet, unless nearly everyone participates, the impact of individual consumer consciousness is microscopic. Jennifer Jacquet persuasively argues that the solution to the limitations of guilt can be found in shame, retrofitted for the age of democracy and social media. She demonstrates how shaming can function as a nonviolent form of resistance that, in turn, challenges institutions, organizations, and even governments to actuate large-scale change. She argues that when applied in the right way, the right quantity, and at the right time, shame has the capacity to keep us from failing other species in life's fabric and, ultimately, ourselves.
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Thought-provoking treatise on the soft power of opprobrium, and its important role in achieving social cohesion in an ever more individualised culture... timely and urgent (Economist)
Intelligent and provocative... The prospect of shame is a powerful social corrective (Daily Telegraph)
Thoughtful and measured (Huffington Post)
Shaming is society's natural stabilizer and organic risk-management mechanism, and one that is ignored in modernity, particularly in the virtual world. Worse: it has been largely ignored by researchers before Jennifer Jacquet, whose book gives us an insightful treatment of a vital topic (Nassim Taleb, author of 'Antifragile')
This is a wonderful, important and timely book. It shows us that the glue that really holds society together is not laws and diktats but honour and shame (Brian Eno, Long Now Foundation)
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Intelligent and provocative... The prospect of shame is a powerful social corrective (Daily Telegraph)
Thoughtful and measured (Huffington Post)
Shaming is society's natural stabilizer and organic risk-management mechanism, and one that is ignored in modernity, particularly in the virtual world. Worse: it has been largely ignored by researchers before Jennifer Jacquet, whose book gives us an insightful treatment of a vital topic (Nassim Taleb, author of 'Antifragile')
This is a wonderful, important and timely book. It shows us that the glue that really holds society together is not laws and diktats but honour and shame (Brian Eno, Long Now Foundation)
Jennifer Jacquet is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and New York University. She works at the intersection of conservation and cooperation. She formerly wrote the 'guilty planet' blog at Scientific American, contributes to Edge.org and conceived of the modernized shame totem pole for a presentation in 2011 at the Serpentine Gallery.
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- PublisherBrilliance Audio
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1501201085
- ISBN 13 9781501201080
- BindingMP3 CD
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