Honor in the Modern World

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 honors meaning and its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity. Contributorsrepresenting philosophy, sociology, political science, history, psychology, leadership studies, and military scienceexamine 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, honors role in international relations and community norms, and how honors egalitarian and elitist aspects intersect with democratic and liberal regimes.