Introduction: The power of shame -- Pillories and public beatings : state punishments under fire -- Social sites of public shaming : from the classroom to online bullying -- Honour and the language of humiliation in international politics -- Conclusion: No end in sight
Summary
The story of how humiliation has been used as a means of coercion and control in the modern age - from the shaving of the heads of alleged women collaborators in occupied France to the social media pillorying of the 21st century
Notes
Translated from the German
Published in German as "Die Politik der Demütigung : Schauplätze von Macht und Ohnmacht" by Fischer, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 29, 2020)