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". . . a perceptive analysis made by anthropologist Ruth Benedict in 1946. That early,
she perceived that the United States was ceasing to be a "guilt culture" (one in which
conscience self-imposes control of wrongdoing) and was becoming instead a "shame culture"
(one which relies on public humiliation and punishment to deter the wrongdoer). Dignity,
self-respect, restraint and detachment are civilized values we should cherish." The
Nation June 1, 1963 [image error]

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