So you've been publicly shamed

290 pages

English language

Published Aug. 6, 2015 by Riverhead Books, A member of Penguin Group (USA).

ISBN:
9781594487132
OCLC Number:
893974244

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3 stars (1 review)

"From the internationally bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most overlooked forces. For the past three years, Jon Ronson has been immersing himself in the world of modern-day public shaming-meeting famous shamees, shamers, and bystanders who have been impacted. This is the perfect time for a modern-day Scarlet Letter-a radically empathetic book about public shaming, and about shaming as a form of social control. It has become such a big part of our lives it has begun to feel weird and empty when there isn't anyone to be furious about. Whole careers are being ruined by one mistake. A transgression is revealed. Our collective outrage at it has the force of a hurricane. Then we all quickly forget about it and move on to the next one, and it doesn't cross our minds to wonder if the shamed person is …

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Subjects

  • Social control
  • Shame
  • Interpersonal relations