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Jun-Hyeok Kwak is Yixian Professor of Philosophy (Zhuhai) at Sun Yat-sen University, China.

Krista K. Thomason is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore College, USA.

Ken Cheng is an independent scholar.

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In order to gain a deeper understanding of shame and shamelessness as ethico-political phenomena in the contemporary world, this book stages a cross-cultural dialogue that questions and unsettles established views.

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Contributor Biographies

Acknowledgements

Part I. General Overview

Chapter 1: Introduction: Shame, Civility, and Cross-Cultural Dialogues

(Jun-Hyeok KWAK, Yixian Professor of Philosophy (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University; Krista K. THOMASON, Swarthmore College; Ken CHENG, Independent Scholar)

Part II: Beyond Moral Cultivation

Chapter 2: The Emotion of Shame and the Virtue of Righteousness in Mencius

(Bryan Van Norden, James Monore Taylor Chair in Philosophy at Vassar College)

Chapter 3: Can Shamelessness Exacerbate the Impact of Shaming? Cynics, Epicureans, and the Notoriety Trap

(Alin FUMURESCU, Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Houston)

Chapter 4: Democratic Civility with Relational Non-domination: A Critique of Martha Nussbaum's View of Constructive Shame ****

(Jun-Hyeok KWAK, Yixian Professor of Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University)

Part III. Shamelessness and Civility

Chapter 5: Shamelessness and Polite Shaming in Early China

(Jane GEANEY, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Richmond)

Chapter 6: The Shamelessness of Lying

(Krista K. THOMASON, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore College)

Chapter 7: Xiu Wu (being ashamed and loathing) in the Mencius

(Winnie SUNG, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore)

Chapter 8: Cynic Shamelessness, Humor and Social Change

(Marta JIMENEZ, Senior Research Scholar at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Complutense University of Madrid)

Part IV: Shame across Cultures

Chapter 9: Reconciliation in a World without Forgiveness

(David KONSTAN, Professor of Classics at New York University)

Chapter 10: The Necessity of Shame and the Dangers of Shamelessness: A Confucian Perspective

(Mark BERKSON, Professor and Chair in the Department of Religion at Hamline University)

Chapter 11: Gender Violence and the Climate Killjoy: What Shame Theorists Can Learn from Greta Thunberg

(Jill LOCKE, James and Patricia McPherson Chair in American History in the Department of Political Science at Gustavus Adolphus College)

Chapter 12: Elemental Shame and a Transnational 'New Guarantee'

(Manu SAMNOTRA, Associate Professor in Political Theory in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, at the University of South Florida)

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