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

Abstract

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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Honor bound: how a cultural ideal has shaped the american psyche

Brown, Ryan P.

Brown, Ryan P.

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Preface -- Introduction -- Genesis -- A penchant for violence -- Boys to men, and the women who love them -- Lay down your burdens -- Reckless abandon -- Lineage -- The honor circle -- A most honorable place -- Embracing honor -- Footnotes -- References -- Appendices

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