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Humiliation Claims and Context Edited by University, New Delhi Gopal Guru Add to Cart ISBN13: 9780198060307 ISBN10: 0198060300 Hardback, 324 pages Sep 2009, Not Yet Published Price:$50.00 (06) Shipping Details Description Features Product Details Author Information Table of Contents Description This volume theorizes the concept of humiliation, which is endemic to social life and survives in different forms, depending upon the nature of the social context. It is perpetuated through asymmetries of intersecting sets of attitudes - arrogance and obeisance, self-respect and servility, and reverence and repulsion. With definition of humiliation as one of their central concerns, the essays in the volume unfold its meaning by juxtaposing it with concepts like shame, disgust, discrimination, degradation, and segregation. The complex and multiple meanings and practices of humiliation are presented within an interdisciplinary framework, incorporating constructs from history, sociology, psychology, and political theory, and could thus help expand the meaning of other concepts like justice, equality, and nationalism. The essays also suggest that it is the socio-cultural context that decides the nature, level, and intensity of humiliation. This cultural specificity provides a vantage point that could be used to develop a comparative perspective on humiliation. Features Theorizes and defines the concept of humiliation An interdisciplinary study Contributors include renowned scholars like Bhiku Parekh, Ashis Nandy, and Upendra Baxi, among others Product Details 324 pages; 5-1/2 x 8-1/2; ISBN13: 978-0-19-806030-7 ISBN10: 0-19-806030-0 About the Author(s) Gopal Guru is Professor in the Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
