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024	7		_a10.1515/9781400852031 _2doi
035			_a(DE-B1597)9781400852031
035			_a(DE-B1597)454013
035			_a(OCoLC)984658152
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aWalsh, Chris _eautore
245	1	0	_aCowardice : _bA Brief History / _cChris Walsh.
250			_aPilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2014]
264		4	_c©2014
300			_a1 online resource : _b38 halftones. 3 line illus. 1 table.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tINTRODUCTION -- _tChapter 1. Profiles in Cowardice -- _tChapter 2. Of Arms and Men -- _tChapter 3. The Ways of Excessive Fear -- _tChapter 4. Duty-Bound -- _tChapter 5. The Rise of the Therapeutic -- _tChapter 6. So Long a File -- _tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- _tNOTES -- _tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- _tILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- _tINDEX
520			_aCoward. It's a grave insult, likely to provoke anger, shame, even violence. But what exactly is cowardice? When terrorists are called cowards, does it mean the same as when the term is applied to soldiers? And what, if anything, does cowardice have to do with the rest of us? Bringing together sources from court-martial cases to literary and film classics such as Dante's Inferno, The Red Badge of Courage, and The Thin Red Line, Cowardice recounts the great harm that both cowards and the fear of seeming cowardly have done, and traces the idea of cowardice's power to its evolutionary roots. But Chris Walsh also shows that this power has faded, most dramatically on the battlefield. Misconduct that earlier might have been punished as cowardice has more recently often been treated medically, as an adverse reaction to trauma, and Walsh explores a parallel therapeutic shift that reaches beyond war, into the realms of politics, crime, philosophy, religion, and love.Yet, as Walsh indicates, the therapeutic has not altogether triumphed-contempt for cowardice endures, and he argues that such contempt can be a good thing. Courage attracts much more of our attention, but rigorously understanding cowardice may be more morally useful, for it requires us to think critically about our duties and our fears, and it helps us to act ethically when fear and duty conflict.Richly illustrated and filled with fascinating stories and insights, Cowardice is the first sustained analysis of a neglected but profound and pervasive feature of human experience.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
650		0	_aCourage _xHistory.
650		0	_aCowardice _xHistory.
650		0	_aEmotions _xHistory.
650		0	_aFear _xHistory.
650		0	_aFear _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aHistory _xMilitary _xGeneral.
650		0	_aPsychology _xPhysiological Psychology.
650		7	_aPHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400852031?locatt=mode:legacy
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