Culture Of Honor: The Psychology Of Violence In The South

by Richard E Nisbett, Dov Cohen

Overview

In the United States, the homicide rate in the South is consistently higher than the rate in the North. In this brilliantly argued book, Richard Nisbett and Dov Cohen use this fact as a starting point for an exploration of the underlying reasons for violence.According to Nisbett and Cohen, the increased tendency of white southerners to commit certa

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367315320
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	140
Sales rank:	708,594
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard E. Nisbett is Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and codirector of the Culture and Cognition Program at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

1 Violence and Honor in the Southern United States, 2 Homicide Rate Differences Between North and South, 3 Differences Between Northerners and Southerners in Attitudes Toward Violence, 4 Insult, Anger, and Aggression: A n "Experimental Ethnography" of the Culture of Honor, 5 Collective Expressions of the Culture of Honor: Violence, Social Policy, and the Law, 6 Culture of Honor: Manifestations, Explanations, and Destinations