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THE RISE OF THE SHAME SOCIETY: AMERICA'S CHANGE FROM A GUILT CULTURE INTO A SHAME CULTURE

(Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Lexington Books, 2022). 

American society is often characterized as a "guilt culture," as opposed to non-Western "shame cultures." But is this distinction still valid today? Through examples like shaming penalties in criminal law, "fat shaming," and cyberbullying on the social media, The Rise of the Shame Society: America's Change from a Guilt Culture into a Shame Culture shows how shame is increasingly invading our lives, leading to feelings of humiliation and depression. Marcel H. Van Herpen identifies three causes of this phenomenon: new childrearing methods, the advent of the social media, and a transformation of Western individualism. He weighs the arguments for and against a shame society and concludes that a guilt-centered approach remains preferable. Although shame increasingly permeates everyday life, the author argues that its rise is not a fatality. He emphasizes that shame is a dynamic phenomenon and that one can observe trends which lead to an increase of shame, as well as to its decrease. Examples of the latter are a growing sensitivity to the pain caused by anti-Black racism, the decrease of anti-LGBTQIA+ prejudices, and efforts to end the stigmatization of people with disabilities. Along with exploring its increase, this book demonstrates that there are ways to overcome shame.


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The end of populism

Twenty proposals to defend liberal democrcay


Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021

Drawing on extensive original sources, this book refutes the populist claim that democracy is a "demand side" phenomenon. Van Herpen argues that one can have "too much democracy" and shows how methods of direct democracy, such as popular initiatives and referendums, which pretend "to give the power back to the people," have led to manipulation by populists and moneyed interests. Populist attacks on the judiciary, central banks, and the media, instead of strengthening democracy, have undermined liberal democracy. The author formulates twenty original and bold proposals to bridge the gap between the people and the elites, fight corruption, improve political party funding, and initiate societal, educational, and macro-economic reforms to increase economic equality and alleviate the insecurity of the citizens.

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Putini Propagandamasin -Pehme  Jõud Ja Venemaa Välispoliitika

(Putin's Propaganda Machine - Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy).

Tallinn, Sisekaitseakadeemia, 2016, Estonian

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Becoming Marx - How the Young Karl Marx Became a Marxist

Maastricht, Cicero Foundation Press, 2016

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Putin's Propaganda Machine - Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy
Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015

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Putin’s Wars – The Rise of Russia’s New Imperialism - First edition
Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014, English

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Putinism – The Slow Rise of a Radical Right Regime in Russia
Houndmills and New York, Palgrave, 2013, English

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Putinin Sodat – Venäjän uuden Imperialismin Nousu

Helsinki: Terra Cognita, 2015, Finnish

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ВІЙНИ ПУТІНА - ЧЕЧНЯ, ГРУЗІЯ, УКРАЇНА: НЕЗАСВОЕНІ УРОКИ МИНУЛОГО
(Putin’s Wars – Chechnya – Georgia – Ukraine: Unlearned Lessons of the Past)

Kharkiv: Vivat Publishing, 2015, Ukrainian

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Putinizm – Powolny rozwój radykalnego reżimu prawicowego w Rosji - Second Edition
Gdańsk: Harmonia, 2015, Polish

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Putin’s Wars – The Rise of Russia’s New Imperialism - Second Enlarged Edition
Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015, English

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Putin’s Wars – The Rise of Russia’s New Imperialism - First edition
Audiobook, English, 2014

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Wojny Putina – Czeczenia, Gruzja, Ukraina 2014
Putin’s Wars – Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine 2014
Warsaw: Prószyński Media, 2014, Polish

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ВОЙНЫ ПУТИНА - ЧЕЧНЯ, ГРУЗИЯ, УКРАЙНА: НЕУСВОЕННЫЕ УРОКИ ПРОШЛОГО
(Putin’s Wars – Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine: Unlearned Lessons of the Past).

Kharkov: Vivat Publishing, 2015, Russian

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Putinizm – Powolny rozwój radykalnego reżimu prawicowego w Rosji - First edition
Gdańsk: Harmonia, 2014, Polish

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Marx en de mensenrechten – politiek en ethiek van Rousseau tot Marx
(Marx and Human Rights – Politics and Ethics from Rousseau to Marx).
Weesp: Het Wereldvenster, 1983, Dutch

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Edited books


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NATO’s New Strategy & ESDI – European Security in the New Millennium
Maastricht: Cicero Foundation Press, 1999

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After NATO Enlargement
Maastricht: Cicero Foundation Press, 1997
Cicero Paper,
No. 3

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Defence – Next Step in European Integration?
Maastricht: Cicero Foundation Press, 1996
Cicero Paper, No. 1.


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European Security and Defence Identity – New Developments
Maastricht: Cicero Foundation Press, 1998
Cicero Paper, No. 4

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Going East: The Enlargement of the EU with the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
Maastricht: Cicero Foundation Press, 1997
Cicero Paper, No. 2


Book chapters


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"The Many Faces of the New Information Warfare,"

in: Olga Bertelsen (ed.), Russian Active Measures - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, (Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag, 2021), pp. 37-59.

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"Ukraine's Three Revolutions: A Sign of Hope in a Depressed World."

in: Pawel Kowal, Georges Mink, Iwona Reichardt (eds), Three Revolutions and Change in Contemporary Ukraine I - Theoretical Aspects and Analyses in Contemporary Ukraine I," (Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag, 2019), pp. 159-166.

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Six Dimensions of the Growing Transatlantic Divide: Are The US and Europe Definitively Driving Themselves Apart?
Hall Gardner (ed.), NATO and the European Union – New World, New Europe, New Threats, (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004), chapter 11

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