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Honour and shame: some problems in the comparative analysis of moral systems
Man (N.S.) • 15 • Published In 1980 • Pages: 339-351
By: Herzfeld, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Herzfeld argues that the literature on Mediterranean value-systems with its focus on the concepts of honor and shame glosses over a wide variety of terms and understandings found in the region. He discusses the meanings of the Greek moral terms of EGOISMOS (self-regard) and FILOTIMO (honor). According to Herzfeld, EGOISMOS does not express a rugged individualism that supposedly lies behind the Greek national character--and Western character, for that matter. Rather, EGOISMOS is a means of gaining respect through performances that express and foreground socially sanctioned ideals. This article is a key to understanding Herzfeld's other work on Greek culture and his theory of social poetics, in general.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social personality
- Status, role, and prestige
- Accumulation of wealth
- Ethics
- Community structure
- Social control
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Greeks
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1973-1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Glendi', Crete and 'Pefko', Rhodes, Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Herzfeld
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-351)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 80000548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece