For Shame

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  For Shame: The Loss of Common Decency in American Culture

  By James B. Twitchell

  This is an audience that used to follow the old - style attack - television shows of Joe Pyne , Alan Burke , and Morton Downey Jr. , so the interview - as - professional wrestling is welcome and understood . This audience has patiently ...

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  For Shame: The Loss of Common Decency in American Culture

  By James B. Twitchell

  Offering examples of shame in various cultures, the author traces the disappearance of shame in American society, using O.J. Simpson, Jenny Jones, and the Hollywood creation of Mrs. Doubtfire as examples

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  For Shame: Rediscovering the Virtues of a Maligned Emotion

  By Gregg Ten Elshof

  In For Shame, philosopher and author Gregg Ten Elshof examines this potent emotion carefully, distinguishing between it, embarrassment, and guilt and carefully tracing the positive role shame has played historically in contributing to a ...

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  For Shame: The Loss of Common Decency in American Culture

  By James B. Twitchell

  A generation ago, outrageous Americans like Joey Buttafuoco and O.J. Simpson would have been scorned. Christian mega-churches would have been viewed with suspicion. Self-help books, the recovery movement, and grade...

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  For Shame: Rediscovering the Virtues of a Maligned Emotion

  By Gregg Ten Elshof

  And yet, what if cutting off the ability to feel shame is not the solution? In Far Shame, philosopher and author Gregg Ten Elshof carefully traces the positive role shame can play in contributing to a well-ordered society.