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Book SynopsisThis text analyzes the notion of honour. Drawing on information about Western ideas of honour from diverse sources and comparing the European ideas with the ideas of a non-Western society - the Bedouin - the author argues that honour must be understood as a right, basically a right to respect.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments A Note about Arabic 1: Method 2: The Nature of Honor 3: The Sense of Honor The Variety of Meanings of the Word 'Honor' The History of the Word 'Honor' The Collapse of Honor 4: Horizontal and Vertical Honor 5: Reflexive Honor 6: The Mediterranean 7: Honor and the Law 8: How to Do Things with Honor The Home The Guarantee Protection 9: Types of Bedouin Honor 10: Women 11: Dishonor 12: Bedouin-European Contrasts Honor and Stratification Honor and Obligations Honor and Violence 'Honor' and 'Ird' 13: Conclusion Appendix 1: The History of the Idea of Honor as a Right Appendix 2: Iceland Bibliography Index
