Honor Bound: How a Cultural Ideal Has Shaped the American Psyche

ISBN-13: 9780190693800 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 232 str.

Ryan P. Brown

Recenzje

How do ideas about personal honor and/or reputation shape our lives and relationships? How do they affect American society as a whole? And how have they helped to shape our history as a nation? On this edition of our show, we speak with Ryan P. Brown, a professor of social psychology at The University of Oklahoma. Brown has been conducting research on how people think, feel, and behave for over 20 years, and he speaks with us about his new book, just out from Oxford University Press, which is called Honor Bound: How a Cultural Ideal Has Shaped the American Psyche. As is noted of this book at the OUP website: 'While most human societies throughout history can be described as 'honor cultures,' the United States is particularly well-known for having a deeply rooted culture of honor, especially in the American South and West." -Public Radio Tulsa

O autorze

Ryan P. Brown, Ph.D., is a social psychologist who has conducted research on how people think, feel, and behave for over 20 years. Before joining the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University, he was the L. J. Semrod Presidential Professor of Psychology at the University of Oklahoma. He has also taught at Amherst College and the University of Texas at Austin. A native Alabamian of Scottish ancestry, he continues to write, speak, and conduct research on the social dynamics of honor in the U.S. and around the world.