Shame and ideas of oneself: genetic approach and ethical readings

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https://doi.org/10.4013/fsu.2020.212.08

Abstract

This essay, structured in three parts, traces a conceptual genealogy of the reaction of shame as a primary psychological phenomenon with a deep moral impact upon experiencing subjects, and further analyses two sublimated renderings of the basic emotion: in Kantian ethics and in J.M. Coetzee’s novelistic project.

Key-words: shame, genetic approach, Kant, Bernard Williams, J.M. Coetzee.

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Ana Cristina Falcato, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas Universidade Nova de Lisboa Av. de Berna, nº 26 C 1069-061 Lisboa Portugal

Ana Falcato é investigadora doutorada contratada no IFILNOVA da FCSH/UNL.

Áreas de especialização: filosofia e literatura, ética e emoções morais.

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2020-08-07

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FALCATO, A. C. Shame and ideas of oneself: genetic approach and ethical readings. Filosofia Unisinos / Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, São Leopoldo, v. 21, n. 2, p. 185–198, 2020. DOI: 10.4013/fsu.2020.212.08. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/fsu.2020.212.08. Acesso em: 23 may. 2025.

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2020): May-Agu

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