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Guilt --- Fathers and sons

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Criminal liability --- Guilt --- Remorse --- Psychological aspects

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In recent years, most political theorists have agreed that shame shouldn't play any role in democratic politics because it threatens the mutual respect necessary for participation and deliberation. But Christina Tarnopolsky argues that not every kind of shame hurts democracy. In fact, she makes a powerful case that there is a form of shame essential to any critical, moderate, and self-reflexive democratic practice. Through a careful study of Plato's Gorgias, Tarnopolsky shows that contemporary conceptions of shame are far too narrow. For Plato, three kinds of shame and shaming practices were possible in democracies, and only one of these is similar to the form condemned by contemporary thinkers. Following Plato, Tarnopolsky develops an account of a different kind of shame, which she calls "respectful shame." This practice involves the painful but beneficial shaming of one's fellow citizens as part of the ongoing process of collective deliberation. And, as Tarnopolsky argues, this type of shame is just as important to contemporary democracy as it was to its ancient form. Tarnopolsky also challenges the view that the Gorgias inaugurates the problematic oppositions between emotion and reason, and rhetoric and philosophy. Instead, she shows that, for Plato, rationality and emotion belong together, and she argues that political science and democratic theory are impoverished when they relegate the study of emotions such as shame to other disciplines.

Plato --- Criticism and interpretation --- Democracy --- Shame --- Emotions --- Guilt --- Philosophy --- Political aspects --- Plato. --- Plato - Criticism and interpretation

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Ouders voelen zich verantwoordelijk voor alles wat hun kinderen overkomt, zelfs als ze daar geen invloed op kunnen hebben. Waarom is dat zo? Journaliste Kaat Schaubroeck verdiepte zich in de historische achtergronden, en schetst een kritisch portret van een maatschappij die de druk stelselmatig opvoert. Doe ik het goed? Die vraag hebben ouders zich altijd gesteld, maar de laatste jaren loopt het schuldgevoel als een rode draad door alle gesprekken. Ouders voelen zich verantwoordelijk voor alles wat hun kinderen overkomt, zelfs als ze daar geen invloed op kunnen hebben. Waarom is dat zo? Journaliste Kaat Schaubroeck verdiepte zich in de historische achtergronden, en schetst een kritisch portret van een maatschappij die de druk stelselmatig opvoert.

Affective and dynamic functions --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Motherhood --- Guilt --- Fatherhood --- Book

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Fascism, communism, genocide, slavery, racism, imperialism--the West has no shortage of reasons for guilt. And, indeed, since the Holocaust and the end of World War II, Europeans in particular have been consumed by remorse. But Pascal Bruckner argues that guilt has now gone too far. It has become a pathology, and even an obstacle to fighting today's atrocities. Bruckner, one of France's leading writers and public intellectuals, argues that obsessive guilt has obscured important realities. The West has no monopoly on evil, and has destroyed monsters as well as created them--leading in the abolition of slavery, renouncing colonialism, building peaceful and prosperous communities, and establishing rules and institutions that are models for the world. The West should be proud--and ready to defend itself and its values. In this, Europeans should learn from Americans, who still have sufficient self-esteem to act decisively in a world of chaos and violence. Lamenting the vice of anti-Americanism that grips so many European intellectuals, Bruckner urges a renewed transatlantic alliance, and advises Americans not to let recent foreign-policy misadventures sap their own confidence. This is a searing, provocative, and psychologically penetrating account of the crude thought and bad politics that arise from excessive bad conscience.

World politics. --- Self-hate (Psychology) --- Guilt. --- International relations --- Civilization, Western --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- Self-hatred (Psychology) --- Hate --- Self-perception --- Guilt --- Emotions --- Ethics --- Conscience --- Shame --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Psychological aspects --- Western countries --- Occident --- West (Western countries) --- Western nations --- Western world --- Developed countries --- Intellectual life. --- Foreign relations. --- Philosophical anthropology