ISBN:
9781351878609
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (202 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Aase, Tor Tournaments of Power : Honor and Revenge in the Contemporary World
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Social interaction
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Honor and Revenge in the Contemporary World -- 1.1 The persistence of honor in modern democracies -- 1.2 What is honor all about? -- 1.3 Political contexts of honor and revenge -- 1.4 Revenge and emotions -- 1.5 Tournaments of power -- 2 The Dynamics of Honor in Violence and Cultural Change A case from an Oslo inner city district -- 2.1 Honor as pride -- 2.2 The code of honor and the code of dignity - two ways of obtaining moral pride -- 2.3 A presentation of a city school in Oṣlo: an atmosphere of profanation -- 2.4 The quantitative and the qualitative dimension - a tipping-point theory of cultural change -- 2.5 The overall moral framework of the school: the code of dignity -- 2.6 The code of honor - during breaks between classes -- 2.6.1 Popularity hierarchies among boys -- 2.6.2 Popularity hierarchies among girls -- 2.6.3 The strategies of the hypermodern girls - attacking and seeking protection from boyfriends -- 2.7 A schismogenetic process involving five parties at school -- 2.7.1 A complementary schismogenetic process between chaste girls and hypermodern girls -- 2.7.2 Symmetrical and complimentary schismogenesis among boys -- 2.8 Conclusion -- 3 Honor and Revenge in the Culture of Danish Outlaw Bikers -- 3.1 Honor-based cultures -- 3.2 Bikers' concepts of honor -- 3.3 The code of colors -- 3.4 Control of patches -- 3.5 Bikers' etiquette -- 3.6 Ritual insults -- 3.7 Concluding remarks -- 4 Violence without Honor in the American South -- 4.1 The culture of honor hypothesis -- 4.2 Various cultural models of honor -- 4.3 The question of the cultural code of honor in the South -- 4.4 Method -- 4.5 Results -- 4.6 Discussion -- 4.7 Conclusions -- 5 The Prototypical Blood Feud Tangir in the Hindu Kush Mountains -- 5.1 The social context of the feud
Abstract:
5.2 Tournaments of power -- 5.3 What is honor all about? -- 5.4 The changing context of honor and revenge -- 6 Honor, Feuding, and National Fragmentation in Kurdistan -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The legend of Kurdish origins -- 6.3 The tribe -- 6.4 The family -- 6.5 Honor and duty -- 6.6 Kurdish narratives -- 6.7 The conflict - a popular narrative theme -- 6.8 The feud -- 6.9 Peace -- 6.10 Conclusion -- 6.11 Epilogue -- 7 Kampung Revenge: Crime, State, and Neighbourhood Retaliation in Java -- 7.1 Whose honour? -- 7.2 Community narrated -- 7.3 Gender -- 7.4 Age -- 7.5 State -- 7.6 Conclusion -- 8 Hatred, Revenge, Sorcery Reflections on the personalization of violence in contemporary societies -- 9 The Attraction of Power: Honor and Politics in a Japanese Village -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The two faces of local power -- 9.3 Stable leadership and social negotiations -- 9.4 Honor, performances, and gender relations -- 9.5 Reflections on the re-negotiation of power -- 10 A House that Lacks a Man, Lacks Respect -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Honour and shame, once again -- 10.3 A particular moral order -- 10.4 San Felipe - a quiet place -- 10.5 The keepers and the kept -- 10.6 Issues of virtue: Ana's dilemma -- 10.7 A moral breach? -- Index
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