Richard E Nisbett, Dov Cohen

Culture Of Honor

The Psychology Of Violence In The South

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on a singular cause of male violence?the perpetrator's sense of threat to one of his most valued possessions, namely, his reputation for strength and toughness. The theme of this book is that the Southern United States had?and has?a type of culture of honor.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780367315320
• ISBN-10: 0367315327
• Artikelnr.: 57732340

Autorenporträt

Richard E. Nisbett is Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and codirector of the Culture and Cognition Program at the University of Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Violence and Honor in the Southern United States
2 Homicide Rate Differences Between North and South
3 Differences Between Northerners and Southerners in Attitudes Toward Violence
4 Insult
Anger
and Aggression: A n "Experimental Ethnography" of the Culture of Honor
5 Collective Expressions of the Culture of Honor: Violence
Social Policy
and the Law
6 Culture of Honor: Manifestations
Explanations
and Destinations