Honor Bound : How a Cultural Ideal Has Shaped the American Psyche.
Brown, Ryan P.
Honor Bound : How a Cultural Ideal Has Shaped the American Psyche. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (161 pages)
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- One: Genesis -- Two: A Penchant for Violence -- Three: Boys to Men, and the Women Who Love Them -- Four: Lay Down Your Burdens -- Five: Reckless Abandon -- Six: Lineage -- Seven: The Honor Circle -- Eight: A Most Honorable Place -- Nine: Embracing Honor -- Appendix A: Scales Measuring Endorsement of Honor Ideology -- Appendix B: Analyses of Penalties in Football for Personal Fouls and Unsportsmanlike Conduct -- References -- Index.
In Honor Bound, social psychologist Ryan Brown tells the story of how the ideology of honor underlies behaviors from spontaneous bar fights to organized acts of terrorism, and is at work in romantic relationships, suicide, foreign policy decisions by political leaders, and even how parents name their babies.
9780199399888
Honor-Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
BJ1533.H8 .B769 2016
302/.1
Honor Bound : How a Cultural Ideal Has Shaped the American Psyche. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (161 pages)
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- One: Genesis -- Two: A Penchant for Violence -- Three: Boys to Men, and the Women Who Love Them -- Four: Lay Down Your Burdens -- Five: Reckless Abandon -- Six: Lineage -- Seven: The Honor Circle -- Eight: A Most Honorable Place -- Nine: Embracing Honor -- Appendix A: Scales Measuring Endorsement of Honor Ideology -- Appendix B: Analyses of Penalties in Football for Personal Fouls and Unsportsmanlike Conduct -- References -- Index.
In Honor Bound, social psychologist Ryan Brown tells the story of how the ideology of honor underlies behaviors from spontaneous bar fights to organized acts of terrorism, and is at work in romantic relationships, suicide, foreign policy decisions by political leaders, and even how parents name their babies.
9780199399888
Honor-Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
BJ1533.H8 .B769 2016
302/.1