Life and Spirit in ShameAnthony Steinbock (Southern Illinois University)
Level 5, Board Room 5.15
250 Victoria Parade
Melbourne
Australia
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250 Victoria Parade (not the main campus, but on the opposite side of Victoria Pde)
Level 5, Board Room 5.15
Abstract. The issue of shame has made frequent appearances in philosophical, spiritual, religious, psychoanalytic and literary traditions, but it has also gained wide currency in contemporary thought and discourse. Having been interpreted with existential, psychological and even political significance, I introduce the experience of shame as a moral emotion in the relation between life and spirit. As a kind of diremptive experience, however, I focus on the self-revelatory quality of shame that throws us back on ourselves critically. I also consider the possibility of a debilitating shame and the problem of shamelessness.
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