Social Reproduction and Critical Subjectification Processes. The Two Faces of Shame

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The aim of this paper is to mark an original sociological way of access to the study of shame. The main theoretical hypotesis is about the distinction between two forms of shame: the first is called Me’s shame, the latter I’s shame. Once the author have shortly discussed the distinction between Me’s shame and I’s shame, he will focus on a form of I’s shame called critical I’s Shame. After a theoretical definition, the author will propose a case study dedicated to this form. In this case study the author will try to emphasize the emancipative role of shame along with the social introduction of this emotion in the participation to social movements in an eviction experience occurred in Rome.

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