{"product_id":"the-politics-of-humiliation-ute-frevert-9780198820314","title":"The Politics of Humiliation: A Modern History","description":"In a brilliant procession through the last 250 years, Ute Frevert looks at the role that public humiliation has played in modern society, showing how humiliation - and the feeling of shame that it engenders - has been used as a means of coercion and control, from the worlds of politics and international diplomacy through to the education of children and the administration of justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe learn the stories of the French women whose hair was compulsorily shaven as a punishment for alleged relations with German soldiers during the occupation of France, and of the transgressors in the USA who are made to carry a sign announcing their presence when walking down busy streets. Bringing the story right up to the present, we see how the internet and social media pillorying have made public shaming a ubiquitous phenomenon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing a multitude of both historical and contemporary examples, Ute Frevert shows how humiliation has been used as a tool over the last 250 years (and how it still is today), a story that reveals remarkable similarities across different times and places. And we see how the art of humiliation is in no way a thing of the past but has been re-invented for the 21st century, in a world where such humiliation is inflicted not from above by the political powers that be but by our social peers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ute Frevert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198820313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198820314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.40d","brand":"Ute Frevert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48457658368255,"sku":"9780198820314","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e510c2f-aab8-4d65-b955-24ca5c73c463.jpg?v=1777400346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-humiliation-ute-frevert-9780198820314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}