For Goodness Sake: Bravery, Patriotism and Identity
Book Details
- Publisher : Karnac Books
- Published : 2020
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 240
- Category :
Psychoanalysis - Category 2 :
Bargain and Discounted Titles - Catalogue No : 95044
- ISBN 13 : 9781912691357
- ISBN 10 : 9781912691
Table of Contents
About the author
Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE
Identity and what it means to be true to oneself
CHAPTER TWO
No choice but to act: the role of self-agency in bravery
CHAPTER THREE
The good citizen: traditions of bravery and dissent from Plato to the present
CHAPTER FOUR
My country, my self: separation, identity and dissonance
CHAPTER FIVE
Patriotism: living and dying for one’s country
CHAPTER SIX
Defying mortality: the shadow of bravery
CHAPTER SEVEN
Belief and dissent: whistle blowers, conscientious objectors, and saying no
CHAPTER EIGHT
Braving the new: the struggle from loss to agency
Epilogue
Index