title: [Shame and poverty.].
abstract: This article analyzes the links between the sense of shame and poverty's social reality. As a sociologist and as a social worker dealing with street kids, the author came to recognize the widespread shame that exists among youth. Following this, he undertook the critical analysis of 600 life histories. He analyzed the symptomatology of class neurosys which characterizes conflict. According to the author, this type of conflict has psychosocial origins and involves those people who undergo a change in culture or in social class. The sense of shame plays a major role in the emergence of this type of neurosys, particularly regarding people coming from underpriveledged environments. This article is a synthesis of the author's experiences.
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authors.lastname: de Gaulejac