Bailey, Christian
(2010).
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Abstract
Honor has been described as a secondary and a lost emotion. It was »well on its way to obsolescence« by the mid-twentieth century, »frozen into stock expressions,« dealt with by only three out of twenty-two English- and German-language lexicons for the social sciences. Yet, in both English and German, the term honor has continued to be invoked at honors-giving ceremonies. This article sketches the rise and fall of the practice of honoring in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, before moving to its main focus, the revival of honors awarding in the post-World War II Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). It asks if, and how, national leaders have evoked the feeling of honor through the bestowing of national awards. Honor has certainly been bestowed, but has it been felt by those honoring, those being honored and those witnessing this practice?
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2010 Wallstein |
| ISBN: | 3-8353-0607-3, 978-3-8353-0607-3 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Arts > History |
| Item ID: | 29017 |
| Depositing User: | Christian Bailey |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2011 15:15 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2012 05:43 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/29017 |
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