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 honorтАЩs meaning and its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity. ContributorsтАФrepresenting philosophy, sociology, political science, history, psychology, leadership studies, and military scienceтАФexamine 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 тАЬpurityтАЭ of women, honor as a quality of good statesmen and citizens, honorтАЩs role in international relations and community norms, and how honorтАЩs egalitarian and elitist aspects intersect with democratic and liberal regimes.
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