
Honor in the Modern World
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Lexington Books (Publisher)
Published on 3. August 2016
Book
Hardback
326 pages
978-1-4985-0261-0 (ISBN)
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Description
After a century-long hiatus, honor is back. Academics, pundits, and everyday citizens alike are rediscovering the importance of this ancient and powerful human motive. This volume brings together some of the foremost researchers of honor to debate honor's meaning and its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity. Contributors-representing philosophy, sociology, political science, history, psychology, leadership studies, and military science-examine honor past to present, from masculine and feminine perspectives, and in North American, European, and African contexts. Topics include the role of honor in the modern military, the effects of honor on our notions of the dignity and "purity" of women, honor as a quality of good statesmen and citizens, honor's role in international relations and community norms, and how honor's egalitarian and elitist aspects intersect with democratic and liberal regimes.
Reviews / Votes
Honor in the Modern World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives is an extremely important work that is at the forefront of a larger reevaluation of honor-presenting it as a still-relevant and modern concept with global political, social, and moral implications. Featuring chapters by some of the field's top scholars across several disciplines, this book advances the relevance of honor from the ancient world to the present day. Simply put, it makes the case that honor still matters from the battlefield to the boardroom to the classroom, and beyond. -- Craig Smith, William Woods University After decades of neglect in moral philosophy, the topic of honor is starting to receive scholarly attention again-thanks in large part to the authors in this volume. The essays in this excellent collection tackle the thorny question of how honor can fit within the western liberal value system and offer compelling reasons for why we need to take honor seriously in today's world. -- Tamler Sommers, University of HoustonMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
687 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-0261-0 (9781498502610)
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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Persons
Laurie M. Johnson is professor of political science at Kansas State University.
Dan Demetriou is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
Dan Demetriou is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
Editor
Contributions
Case Western Reserve University
Content
1.Fighting Together: Civil Discourse and Agonistic Honor
2.Liberalism and Honor through the Lens of Darwin
3.Liberal Honor
4.A Neo-Aristotelian Theory of Political Honor
5.Putting One's Best Face Forward: Why Liberalism Needs Honor
6.Communitarianism and Honor
7.Good Citizens: Gratitude and Honor
8.Winston Churchill and Honor: The Complexity of Honor and Statesmanship
9.Life in Death: Democracy and Civic Honor
10.The Female Point of Honor in Post-Revolutionary France
11.A Woman's Honor: Purity Norms and Male Violence
12.Restoring Order: The Ancient Greeks on Taming Honor and Appetite
13.The Honour of the Crown': The State and Its Soldiers
14.Honor in Military Culture: A Standard of Integrity and Framework for Moral Restraint
2.Liberalism and Honor through the Lens of Darwin
3.Liberal Honor
4.A Neo-Aristotelian Theory of Political Honor
5.Putting One's Best Face Forward: Why Liberalism Needs Honor
6.Communitarianism and Honor
7.Good Citizens: Gratitude and Honor
8.Winston Churchill and Honor: The Complexity of Honor and Statesmanship
9.Life in Death: Democracy and Civic Honor
10.The Female Point of Honor in Post-Revolutionary France
11.A Woman's Honor: Purity Norms and Male Violence
12.Restoring Order: The Ancient Greeks on Taming Honor and Appetite
13.The Honour of the Crown': The State and Its Soldiers
14.Honor in Military Culture: A Standard of Integrity and Framework for Moral Restraint