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Appiah, Kwame Anthony

 
9780393071627: The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen
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ISBN 10 : 0393071626 ISBN 13 : 9780393071627
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2010

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kwame Anthony Appiah is the president of the PEN American Center. Born in Ghana and educated in Britain, he has taught philosophy on three continents and is currently a professor at Princeton University. Author website: www.appiah.net

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393071626
ISBN 13 
9780393071627
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
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Personne responsable
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