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Honor Bound : How a Cultural Ideal Has Shaped the American Psyche.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (161 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199399888
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Honor BoundDDC classification:
  • 302/.1
LOC classification:
  • BJ1533.H8 .B769 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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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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