Resource Tag: SHAME

This article discusses witchcraft, scapegoating & suicide. The author asserts that some people may engage in suicidal behavior in order to prove their innocence to the community, accepting the likelihood that they may die as a result. An interpretation of this suicidal behavior as a means of escape from social stigma & ostracization is included. […]

Mokros considers the place of shame in the understanding of suicide through an informal interpretive analysis of suicide notes left by 2 adolescent males. The analysis is guided by a general theory of human motivation proposed by Scheff (1990, 1994) & Retzinger (1989, 1991) that treats shame as central to understanding human action & experience. […]

Levi discusses that while many claim that after a time of great suffering comes joy, he suggests that anguish continues even after the suffering ends. Excerpts from those who had been released after years of WWII concentration camps are given; contrary to what may be expected, these people were unhappy & felt shame upon their […]