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Honor in the Modern World : Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Honor and Obligation in Liberal Society: Problems and Prospects SeriesPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (328 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498502627
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Honor in the Modern WorldDDC classification:
  • 179.9
LOC classification:
  • BJ1533.H8.H666 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Origin Stories -- Chapter One: Fighting Together -- Chapter Two: Liberalism and Honor through the Lens of Darwin -- Part II: Liberalism and Honor -- Chapter Three: Liberal Honor -- Chapter Four: A Neo-Aristotelian Theory of Political Honor -- Chapter Five: Putting One's Best Face Forward -- Chapter Six: Communitarianism and Honor -- Part III: Honor: from Citizens to Statesmen -- Chapter Seven: Good Citizens -- Chapter Eight: Winston Churchill and Honor -- Chapter Nine: Life in Death -- Part IV: Women and Honor -- Chapter Ten: The Female Point of Honor in Postrevolutionary France -- Chapter Eleven: A Woman's Honor -- Part V: Honor and National Defense -- Chapter Twelve: Restoring Order -- Chapter Thirteen: "The Honour of the Crown" -- Chapter Fourteen: Honor in Military Culture -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: This book brings together some of the foremost researchers of honor to debate honor's meaning and its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity. Contributors examine honor past to present, from masculine and feminine perspectives, and in North American, European, and African contexts.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Origin Stories -- Chapter One: Fighting Together -- Chapter Two: Liberalism and Honor through the Lens of Darwin -- Part II: Liberalism and Honor -- Chapter Three: Liberal Honor -- Chapter Four: A Neo-Aristotelian Theory of Political Honor -- Chapter Five: Putting One's Best Face Forward -- Chapter Six: Communitarianism and Honor -- Part III: Honor: from Citizens to Statesmen -- Chapter Seven: Good Citizens -- Chapter Eight: Winston Churchill and Honor -- Chapter Nine: Life in Death -- Part IV: Women and Honor -- Chapter Ten: The Female Point of Honor in Postrevolutionary France -- Chapter Eleven: A Woman's Honor -- Part V: Honor and National Defense -- Chapter Twelve: Restoring Order -- Chapter Thirteen: "The Honour of the Crown" -- Chapter Fourteen: Honor in Military Culture -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This book brings together some of the foremost researchers of honor to debate honor's meaning and its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity. Contributors examine honor past to present, from masculine and feminine perspectives, and in North American, European, and African contexts.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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