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An urgent, illuminating exploration of the sociable nature of shame and of the ways in which it might be used, sparingly and pointedly, to market politics change and sociable reform. In cultures that champion the individual, guilt is promoted as the cornerstone of conscience. Yet while guilt supports individuals to personal specifications, it proves impotent when confronted with corrupt corporate insurance policies. Lately we have been asked to assuage our guilt about these problems as consumers by purchasing organic and natural foods or fair-trade products, for example. Yet unless nearly everyone participates, the impact of specific consumer awareness is microscopic. Jennifer Jacquet persuasively argues that the solution to the limitations of guilt can be found in shame, retrofitted for age democracy and sociable media. She demonstrates how shaming can work as a nonviolent form of level of resistance that, subsequently, challenges corporations, organizations, and even government authorities to actuate large-scale change. She argues that whenever applied in the right way, in the right variety, with the right time, shame can keep us from faltering other types in life's fabric and, eventually, ourselves.
