Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One. Plato’S Gorgias and the Athenian Politics of Shame
7. Chapter One. Shame and Rhetoric in Plato’s Gorgias 29
8. Chapter Two. Shaming Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles 56
9. Chapter Three. Plato on Shame in Democratic Athens 89
10. Chapter Four. Socratic vs. Platonic Shame 114
11. Part Two. Plato’s Gorgias and the Contemporary Politics of Shame
12. Chapter Five. Prudes, Perverts, and Tyrants: Plato and the Contemporary Politics of Shame and Civility 143
13. Chapter Six. What’s so Negative about the “Negative” Emotions? 172
14. Bibliography 197
15. Index 211