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Lord Jim: Between Shame and Guilt

Publication date: 02.07.2024

Yearbook of Conrad Studies, 2021, Vol. 16 (2021), pp. 99 - 109

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843941YC.21.007.19297

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Marek Pacukiewicz
University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9420-1107 Orcid
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Lord Jim: Between Shame and Guilt

Abstract

Trying to classify the cultural patterns of behaviour, modern anthropology offers the distinction between “shame cultures” (which rely on external sanctions for good behaviour) and “guilt cultures” (which internalize the conviction of sin). Correspondingly, shame and guilt create specific ethos and therefore could be treated as factors indicating cultural meaning and function of the notion of honour in different cultural contexts. The article is an attempt to analyse the role of guilt and shame phenomena in the creation of Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim.

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Information: Yearbook of Conrad Studies, 2021, Vol. 16 (2021), pp. 99 - 109

Article type: Original article

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9420-1107

Marek Pacukiewicz
University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9420-1107 Orcid
Contact with author
All publications →

University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

Published at: 02.07.2024

Article status: Open

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