{"product_id":"naked-the-dark-side-of-shame-and-moral-life-9780190843274","title":"Naked: The Dark Side of Shame and Moral Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe know shame can be a morally valuable emotion that helps us to realize when we fail to be the kinds of people we aspire to be. We feel shame when we fail to live up to the norms  standards  and ideals that we value as part of a virtuous life. But the lived reality of shame is far more complex and far darker than this -- the gut-level experience of shame that has little to do with failing to reach our ideals. We feel shame viscerally about nudity  sex  our bodies  and weaknesses or flaws that we cant control. Shame can cause self-destructive and violent behavior  and chronic shame can cause painful psychological damage. Is shame a valuable moral emotion  or would we be better off without it?  In Naked  Krista K. Thomason takes a hard look at the reality of shame. The experience of it  she argues  involves a tension between identity and self-conception: namely  what causes me shame both overshadows me (my self-conception) and yet is me (my identity). We are liable to feelings of shame because we are not always who we take ourselves to be. Thomason extends her thought-provoking analysis to our current social and political landscape: shaming has increased dramatically because of the proliferation of social media platforms. And although these online shaming practices can be used in harmful ways  they can also root out those who express racist and sexist views  and enable marginalized groups to confront oppression. Is more and continued shaming therefore better  and is there moral promise in using shame in this way?  Thomason grapples with these and numerous other questions. Her account of shame makes sense of its good and bad features  its numerous gradations and complexity  and ultimately of its essential place in our moral lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651761102901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0190843276","price":129.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780190843274.jpg?v=1781839907","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/naked-the-dark-side-of-shame-and-moral-life-9780190843274","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}