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This text distinguishes the foundations of guilt and shame in order to respectively highlight the social necessity of the former and the dangers of the latter regarding peoples’ capacity to enjoy the freedom to pursue their conception of the good life.
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Caron, JF. (2022). Conceptualizing Shame. In: Thibault, H., Caron, JF. (eds) Uyat and the Culture of Shame in Central Asia. The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4328-7_2
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