Humiliation

What lies behind our social pangs of humiliation and the emotional strategies we employ to avoid being shamed in front of others? Recognizing how much we care about how others see us, this wise and witty book tackles the complex subject of shame and humiliation. In his view, our lives are permeated with sometimes merely uncomfortable, sometimes hair-raising rituals of shame and humiliation. Take the unwanted dinner invitation, the exchange of valentines in grade school, or the diabolically ingenious invention of the bridal registry. Readers will have no trouble recognizing the social situations William Ian Miller finds indicative of our often perilous dealings with each other.