Its our inherent sense of shame and our desire for public approval that enables our present state to exist. We internalise the gaze of others, and this internal spectator becomes all-powerful over us. Our sense of shame has become so over-refined by civilisation that weve become anxious, neurotic, alienated beings, who are terrified of making a bad impression on others. We spend all our energy trying to look good to strangers, putting forward a carefully tended mask of civility. This terror of making a bad impression is the cause of many of our civilised discontents.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 21:47:26 +0000
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