Betraying Dignity - The Toxic Seduction of Social Media, Shaming, and Radicalization

Betraying Dignity claims that contemporary distress causes individuals and nations around the world to abandon the dignity-based culture of human rights, and embrace new manifestations of honor-based cultures, like extreme nationalism, Jihad, and shaming. This book distinguishes dignity as a way of fortifying the culture of human rights.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why Worry about Dignity, Honor, and Values

OneEscape from Dignity to Honor: An Overview

TwoThe Honor Game

ThreeDivine Human Glory: In the Image of God

FourThe Concept of Dignity That Underlies Human Rights

FiveRespect: The Value of Our Singularity

SixEscape from Dignity and Respect

Bibliography

About the Author

Index

About the Author

About the author

By Orit Kamir

Summary

Betraying Dignity claims that contemporary distress causes individuals and nations around the world to abandon the dignity-based culture of human rights, and embrace new manifestations of honor-based cultures, like extreme nationalism, Jihad, and shaming. This book distinguishes dignity as a way of fortifying the culture of human rights.

Product details

• Authors: Orit Kamir
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781683932055
• ISBN: 978-1-68393-205-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 343 g
• Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education