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Season 2, Episode 2 The Shamed Self, with special guest Prof. Lucy O’Brien

Season 2, Episode 2 The Shamed Self, with special guest Prof. Lucy O’Brien

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In this episode, we discuss Annie Ernaux’s The Years alongside, an article by Prof. Lucy O’Brien entitled ‘Shameful Self-Consciousness’. Shame, according to this paper, is a feeling which arises when we become conscious of ourselves as diminished by another’s appraisal of our social value. Prof. O’Brien joins us in the studio to discuss Ernaux’s frequent portrayals of shame in The Years and to consider how well they fit the theory outlined in her paper.

Hosts:

Scarlett Baron, Associate Professor of English at University College London.

Alice Harberd, PhD student in the Philosophy Department at University College London.

Guest:

Lucy O’Brien, Richard Wollheim Chair of Philosophy at University College London.

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