Shame and Disgust on the History of Emotions Blog, including a conference CFP

It’s been a week of shame and disgust on the History of Emotions Blog:

Ugh! A brief history of disgust by Richard Firth-Godbehere

The shame of the philosophers An interview with Julien Deonna, Raffaele Rodgono and Fabrice Teroni about their new book, In Defense of Shame

‘Reputation is the modern purgatory’ by Jules Evans

Is shame a prison, or a useful moral and political force? by Rebecca Kingston (author of Public Passion)

Nice movie, shame about the interviews A review of Steve McQueen’s film ‘Shame’ by Katherine Angel

Shameless: The history of shame from Adam and Eve to Zinédine Zidane by Thomas Dixon

 

SHAME and SHAMING in twentieth-century Europe
Conference at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
December 6-7, 2012
Conveners: Ute Frevert (Center for the History of Emotions, MPI for Human Development) and Mary Fulbrook (University College London)

Download the SHAME and SHAMING in twentieth-century Europe – Call for Papers for more information.