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Honor Bound : How a Cultural Ideal Has Shaped the American Psyche by Ryan P. Brown [Brown, Ryan P.] is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Honor Bound : How a Cultural Ideal Has Shaped the American Psyche about?
"Culture of honor" is what social scientists call a society that organizes social life around maintaining and defending reputation. In an honor culture, because reputation is everything, people will go to great lengths to defend their reputations and those of their family members against real and perceived threats and insults. While most human societies throughout history can be described as "honor cultures," the United States is particularly well known for having a deeply rooted culture of hono
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ryan P. Brown [Brown, Ryan P.]
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated; Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780190693800
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Psychology, Science, Philosophy
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (57 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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