Honor A History

Name: Honor A History
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ISBN: 9781594031984

ISBN-10: 1594031983

ISBN-13: 9781594031984

Edition: Annotated

Authors: James Bowman

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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.

Book details

List price: $20.95
Publisher: Encounter Books
Publication date: 4/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Introduction: The Two Kinds of Honor



Cultural Honor, East and West



"We Are Men": The Islamic Honor Culture and the West



Rightly to Be Great: The Origins of the Western Honor Culture



Aristocracy and Democracy: Honor Democratized



The Decline and Fall of the Western Honor Culture, 1914-1975



What Happened to Honor? Modern Warfare, Therapy and Feminism



Honor Between the Wars: The Cult of Youth



World War II: Honor and the Progressive Spirit



Honor in Postwar America: Korea and the 1950s



Vietnam: War As Social Therapy and Psychological Trauma



Post-Honor Society



Vietnam and the Loss of Cultural Honor



The Aristocracy of Feeling: Honor As Celebrity



Honor's Revival: Why Do We Need It? Is It Possible?


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index