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Honor Code : How Moral Revolutions Happen
By: Appiah, Kwame Anthony (Author).
WW Norton & Co. Published: 01/10/2010. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade). Hardback. Sourced from NZ.
Honour emerges at the centre of our modern world in Kwame Anthony Appiah's The Honor Code. Over the last few centuries, new democratic movements have led to the emancipation of women, slaves and the oppressed. What drove these modern changes, Appiah argues, was not imposing legislation from above but harnessing the ancient power of honour from within. He explores the end of the duel in England, the tumultuous struggles over footbinding in nineteenth-century China and the uprising of ordinary people against Atlantic slavery. Finally, he confronts the horrors of "honour killing" in contemporary Pakistan, where rape victims are murdered by their relatives. He argues that honour, used to justify the practice, can also be the most effective weapon against it. Intertwining philosophy and historical narrative, Appiah has created a dramatic work, which demonstrates that honour is the driving force in the struggle against man's inhumanity to man. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0393071626/9780393071627
TITLE: Honor Code, The CONTRIBUTORS: Appiah, Kwame Anthony (Author) IMPRINT: WW Norton & Co PUBLISHER: WW Norton & Co FORMAT: Hardback PUBLICATION DATE: 01/10/2010
SUBJECT: Philosophy, Ethics & Moral DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 140mm x 210mm PAGES: 288 AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
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