Introduction Ladson Hinton and Hessel Willemsen Man and Machine: Dilemmas of the Human Ladson Hinton On Caesura, Temporality and Ego-Destructive Shame: Ominous Transitions in Everyday Life Jeffrey Eaton Protecting our Humanity in the Midst of Tribal Warfare: Thoughts for our Time Maxine Anderson From Leper-Thing to Another Side of Care: A Reading of Lacan's Logical Collectivity Robin McCoy Brooks Hontologie : Lacan, Shame and the Advent of the Subject Sharon R. Green Nihilism and Truth: Tarrying with the Negative Michael Whan Towards a Metacosmics of Shame Daniel Ross and Ouyang Man Hineni, Hineni: Answering to Other through Disaster and Exile, Shame and Temporality Kenneth Kimmel What Lies Beneath: Shame, Time and Diachrony Eric R. Severson.