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The honor code : how moral revolutions happen / Kwame Anthony Appiah.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Appiah, Anthony
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social change--History.
- Social change.
- History.
- Social change--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Honor--Social aspects--History.
- Honor.
- Social ethics.
- Honor--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 264 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2010]
- Summary:
- Intertwining philosophy and historical narrative, Appiah has created a remarkably dramatic work, which demonstrates that honor is the driving force in the struggle against man's inhumanity to man--and the foundation of democractic movements such as the emancipation of women, slaves, and the oppressed.
- Contents:
- Preface
- The duel dies
- Freeing Chinese feet
- Suppressing Atlantic slavery
- Wars against women
- Lessons and legacies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393071627
- 0393071626
- OCLC:
- 601094356
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