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03512aam a2200493 i 4500 001 8D5C0A96119111E5B1F6E597DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150613010015 008 140429s2014 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014005479 020 $a 069113863X (hardback) 020 $a 9780691138633 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)878953215 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d IG# $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d ERASA $d PUL $d CDX $d COO $d CHVBK $d YUS $d VLR $d YBM $d TOH $d VP@ $d IX2 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BF575.F2 $b W25 2014 082 00 $a 152.4/6 $2 23 100 1 $a Walsh, Chris, $d 1966- 245 10 $a Cowardice : $b a brief history / $c Chris Walsh. 264 1 $a Princeton : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2014] 300 $a 292 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Profiles in cowardice : a shadow history of the home of the brave -- Of arms and men -- The ways of excessive fear -- Duty-bound -- The rise of the therapeutic -- So long a file : cowardice away from war. 520 $a "Coward. 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. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a New Book -- June -- 2015 650 0 $a Fear $x History. 650 0 $a Cowardice $x History. 650 0 $a Courage $x History. 650 0 $a Emotions $x History. 650 7 $a Courage. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00881609 650 7 $a Cowardice. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00881978 650 7 $a Emotions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00908819 650 7 $a Fear. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00922034 650 7 $a Feigheit. $0 (DE-588)4473454-2 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Furcht. $0 (DE-588)4018944-2 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Mut. $0 (DE-588)4127334-5 $2 gnd 650 7 $a PSYCHOLOGY / General. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 3 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724072522.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826105437.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20150613010727.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8D5C0A96119111E5B1F6E597DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search