Bungacast /499/ Shame! Shame on Bungacast! ft. Taylor Hines
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Jul 15, 2025 In this engaging conversation, Taylor Hines, an editor at Damage Magazine and professor at Arizona State University, dives into themes of shame, guilt, and responsibility. He examines how Robert Eggers' *Nosferatu* symbolizes individual and collective shame. The discussion touches on Frédéric Gros’ insights and contrasting psychoanalytic perspectives from thinkers like Christopher Lasch. Hines also critiques the idea of re-evaluating guilt, pondering its potential to encourage genuine social awareness and responsibility in contemporary discourse.
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Shame Drives Nosferatu's Plot
- Nosferatu illustrates shame as a driving force, especially bourgeois shame tied to social status and personal fantasies.
- The vampire character Orlok embodies shame through themes like sexual fantasy, betrayal, and societal taboos.
Women Bear Shame’s Burden
- Shame in stories like the Rape of Lucretia and Nosferatu is used to enforce women's conformity.
- Women are shamed into upholding social ideals, often facing deadly consequences for transgressions.
Shame Maintains Social Order
- Shame traditionally acts as a social control to maintain conformity rather than a revolutionary force.
- Shame provokes change only by compelling adherence to societal norms, not by fostering rebellion.