theoretical engagement with recognitionis hedged round with prohibitions and taboos, often spurned asunseemly, even shameful, seen as the equivalent of a suicidal plungeinto unprofessional naïveté.
This reminds me of the criticisms that were directed at the genre of the novel when it first emerged in the 18th century. Critics feared that an over-identification with characters in a novel could be dangerous and give women "wrong" ideas.