Shame, Embodiment, and Empathy: The Ethics of Affect
| atmire.migration.oldid | 5668 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bennett, Susan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ruddy, Philippa | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Forlini, Dr. Stefania | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Cahill, Dr. Susan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-02T14:59:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-06-02T14:59:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2017 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | What new insights might we gain if we consider shame from the perspective of psychosocial evolution? I argue that Charles Darwin’s observations in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) suggest that shame incites self-consciousness about how we appear to others. Awareness of others’ perspectives is essential for empathic thought; therefore, shame is both self- and other-oriented. Subsequently, I reveal the accordance between Darwin’s and Oscar Wilde’s interpretations of shame as a relational emotion through The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890 & 1891). Next, I use Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents (1930) to distinguish guilt from shame, both physiologically and cognitively. Freud’s work, along with contemporary neuroscience, informs questions raised by Darwin’s research. Finally, I consider the ethics of bodies in relation to one another through Claudia Rankine’s Citizen (2014). Rankine’s work provokes and performs self-conscious thinking and empathy, which are processes analogous to shame. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ruddy, P. (2017). Shame, Embodiment, and Empathy: The Ethics of Affect (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27770 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27770 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/3868 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Literature--English | |
| dc.subject.other | affect theory | |
| dc.subject.other | Charles Darwin | |
| dc.subject.other | Oscar Wilde | |
| dc.subject.other | Sigmund Freud | |
| dc.subject.other | Claudia Rankine | |
| dc.title | Shame, Embodiment, and Empathy: The Ethics of Affect | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | English | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (MA) | |
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