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The Shame Machine
Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
Buch von Cathy O'Neil
Sprache: Englisch

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A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Shame is being weaponized by governments and corporations to attack the most vulnerable. It's time to fight back

Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool. When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. But as best-selling author Cathy O'Neil argues in this revelatory book, shaming has taken a new and dangerous turn. It is increasingly being weaponized -- used as a way to shift responsibility for social problems from institutions to individuals. Shaming children for not being able to afford school lunches or adults for not being able to find work lets us off the hook as a society. After all, why pay higher taxes to fund programmes for people who are fundamentally unworthy?

O'Neil explores the machinery behind all this shame, showing how governments, corporations and the healthcare system capitalize on it. There are damning stories of rehab clinics, reentry programs, drug and diet companies, and social media platforms -- all of which profit from 'punching down' on the vulnerable. Woven throughout The Shame Machine is the story of O'Neil's own struggle with body image and her recent weight-loss surgery, which awakened her to the systematic shaming of fat people seeking medical care.

With clarity and nuance, O'Neil dissects the relationship between shame and power. Whom does the system serve? How do current incentive structures perpetuate the shaming cycle? And, most important, how can we all fight back?
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Shame is being weaponized by governments and corporations to attack the most vulnerable. It's time to fight back

Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool. When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. But as best-selling author Cathy O'Neil argues in this revelatory book, shaming has taken a new and dangerous turn. It is increasingly being weaponized -- used as a way to shift responsibility for social problems from institutions to individuals. Shaming children for not being able to afford school lunches or adults for not being able to find work lets us off the hook as a society. After all, why pay higher taxes to fund programmes for people who are fundamentally unworthy?

O'Neil explores the machinery behind all this shame, showing how governments, corporations and the healthcare system capitalize on it. There are damning stories of rehab clinics, reentry programs, drug and diet companies, and social media platforms -- all of which profit from 'punching down' on the vulnerable. Woven throughout The Shame Machine is the story of O'Neil's own struggle with body image and her recent weight-loss surgery, which awakened her to the systematic shaming of fat people seeking medical care.

With clarity and nuance, O'Neil dissects the relationship between shame and power. Whom does the system serve? How do current incentive structures perpetuate the shaming cycle? And, most important, how can we all fight back?
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780241574256
ISBN-10: 0241574250
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 775565
Autor: O'Neil, Cathy
Hersteller: Allen Lane
Penguin Books UK
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 222 x 144 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Cathy O'Neil
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.03.2022
Gewicht: 0,378 kg
Artikel-ID: 120755215
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780241574256
ISBN-10: 0241574250
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 775565
Autor: O'Neil, Cathy
Hersteller: Allen Lane
Penguin Books UK
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 222 x 144 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Cathy O'Neil
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.03.2022
Gewicht: 0,378 kg
Artikel-ID: 120755215
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