Honor in the Modern World
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Civics, Public Policy
| Author: | Anthony Cunningham, Dan Demetriou, Amitai Etzioni, Steven Forde, Shannon E. French, Mark Griffith, Vanessa Hettinger, Laurie M. Johnson, Sharon Krause, Richard Ned Lebow, Andrea Mansker, Ryan Rhodes, Paul Robinson, Steven Skultety, Joe Thomas, Joe Vandello, Ajume H. Wingo | ISBN: | 9781498502627 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | August 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Anthony Cunningham, Dan Demetriou, Amitai Etzioni, Steven Forde, Shannon E. French, Mark Griffith, Vanessa Hettinger, Laurie M. Johnson, Sharon Krause, Richard Ned Lebow, Andrea Mansker, Ryan Rhodes, Paul Robinson, Steven Skultety, Joe Thomas, Joe Vandello, Ajume H. Wingo |
| ISBN: | 9781498502627 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | August 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
After a century-long hiatus, honor is back. Academics, pundits, and everyday citizens alike are rediscovering the importance of this ancient and powerful human motive. This volume brings together some of the foremost researchers of honor to debate honor’s meaning and its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity. Contributors—representing philosophy, sociology, political science, history, psychology, leadership studies, and military science—examine honor past to present, from masculine and feminine perspectives, and in North American, European, and African contexts. Topics include the role of honor in the modern military, the effects of honor on our notions of the dignity and “purity” of women, honor as a quality of good statesmen and citizens, honor’s role in international relations and community norms, and how honor’s egalitarian and elitist aspects intersect with democratic and liberal regimes.
After a century-long hiatus, honor is back. Academics, pundits, and everyday citizens alike are rediscovering the importance of this ancient and powerful human motive. This volume brings together some of the foremost researchers of honor to debate honor’s meaning and its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity. Contributors—representing philosophy, sociology, political science, history, psychology, leadership studies, and military science—examine honor past to present, from masculine and feminine perspectives, and in North American, European, and African contexts. Topics include the role of honor in the modern military, the effects of honor on our notions of the dignity and “purity” of women, honor as a quality of good statesmen and citizens, honor’s role in international relations and community norms, and how honor’s egalitarian and elitist aspects intersect with democratic and liberal regimes.
