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9781594031984

Honor : A History

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    9781594031984

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    1594031983

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-05-16
  • Publisher: Encounter Books
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Summary

The importance of honor is present in the earliest records of civilization. Today, while it may still be an essential concept in Islamic cultures, in the West, honor has been disparaged and dismissed as obsolete. In this lively and authoritative book, James Bowman traces the curious and fascinating history of this ideal, from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment and to the killing fields of World War I and the despair of Vietnam. Bowman reminds us that the fate of honor and the fate of morality and even manners are deeply interrelated.

Author Biography

James Bowman was the American editor of The Times Literary Supplement of London

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Two Kinds of Honorp. 1
Cultural Honor, East and West
"We Are Men": The Islamic Honor Culture and the Westp. 15
Rightly to Be Great: The Origins of the Western Honor Culturep. 41
Aristocracy and Democracy: Honor Democratizedp. 67
The Decline and Fall of the Western Honor Culture, 1914-1975
What Happened to Honor? Modern Warfare, Therapy and Feminismp. 95
Honor Between the Wars: The Cult of Youthp. 121
World War II: Honor and the Progressive Spiritp. 151
Honor in Postwar America: Korea and the 1950sp. 179
Vietnam: War As Social Therapy and Psychological Traumap. 207
Post-Honor Society
Vietnam and the Loss of Cultural Honorp. 235
The Aristocracy of Feeling: Honor As Celebrityp. 263
Honor's Revival: Why Do We Need It? Is It Possible?p. 293
Acknowledgmentsp. 325
Notesp. 329
Indexp. 361
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