On Shame

Name: On Shame
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ISBN: 9780415396233

ISBN-10: 0415396239

ISBN-13: 9780415396233

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael Morgan

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Despite the wide use of shame in the media and politics, through 'name and shame' campaigns and cause-related marketing, it is not a term well or universally understood. On Shame points to ways in which we can and should use this powerful emotion to address and act against atrocities in the modern world, from the Holocaust to Darfur. On Shame draws on historical and current affairs to explore the emotion of shame, as well as films such as Night and Fog , Ghosts of Rwanda and Life is Beautiful and the work of Primo Levi and J.M. Coetzee to illustrate how works of art can both produce an experience of shame and be themselves objects of which we should be ashamed. Michael Morgan argues that…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 8
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Michael Morgan is CEO of Herrmann International Asia, a company specialising in creativity and innovation in business, and has had over 15 years of experience in helping people and organisations in this area. He is the author of Creating Workforce Innovation and is an internationally acclaimed speaker and presenter.



Introduction



Shame, the Holocaust, and Dark Times



Locating Moral Shame



Film, Literature, and the Ramification of Shame



Beyond Shame: Emotional Reaction and Moral Response


Notes


Bibliography


Index