Emotions · Clusters

Self-conscious

Structural — these share a form (a temporal direction, a stance toward the world, a relationship between self and object).

Emotions where the self is the explicit object — the felt-fact of being-watched (by another, by oneself) is the spine. Overlaps heavily with the shame family but extends further: pride and pride-as-defense sit here too, because their structure is also self-as-watched-object. Provides a useful second cut for readers who don't experience their feelings in shame's register but recognize the watching.

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