LEADER 04175nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910455068403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04105-4 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674041059 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805454 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050806 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486056 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11318087 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486056 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10429781 035 $a(PQKB)10470228 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000207566 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12059542 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207566 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10239089 035 $a(PQKB)10566547 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300562 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300562 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326106 035 $a(OCoLC)923111834 035 $a(DE-B1597)574547 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674041059 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805454 100 $a20000309d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe mystery of courage$b[electronic resource] /$fWilliam Ian Miller 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (360p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-00307-1 311 $a0-674-00826-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]-336) and index. 327 $aPreface 1. Introduction: The Good Coward 2. Aristodemus, or Cowardice Redeemed 3. Tim O'Brien and Laches 4. Courageous Disposition 5. Courage and Scarcity 6. "I Have a Wife and Pigs" 7. Shoot the Stragglers and the Problem of Retreat 8. Offense, Defense, and Rescue 9. Man the Chicken 10. Praised Be Rashness 11. Stupidity, Skill, and Shame 12. The Shape and Style of Courage 13. The Emotional Terrain: Fear, Hope, Despair 14. The Emotional Terrain: Disgust, Anger, Relief 15. Courage and Chastity 16. Moral Courage and Civility 17. Fixing to Die: A Valediction 18. Concluding Postscript Notes Bibliography Index 330 $aThis volume utilises soldiers' memoirs, heroic and romantic literature and philosophical discussions to analyse the link between courage and fear and expose the role of courage in generating anxieties of manhood and masculinity. 330 $bFew of us spend much time thinking about courage, but we know it when we see it--or do we? Is it best displayed by marching into danger, making the charge, or by resisting, enduring without complaint? Is it physical or moral, or both? Is it fearless, or does it involve subduing fear? Abner Small, a Civil War soldier, was puzzled by what he called the "mystery of bravery"; to him, courage and cowardice seemed strangely divorced from character and will. It is this mystery, just as puzzling in our day, that William Ian Miller unravels in this engrossing meditation. Miller culls sources as varied as soldiers' memoirs, heroic and romantic literature, and philosophical discussions to get to the heart of courage--and to expose its role in generating the central anxieties of masculinity and manhood. He probes the link between courage and fear, and explores the connection between bravery and seemingly related states: rashness, stubbornness, madness, cruelty, fury; pride and fear of disgrace; and the authority and experience that minimize fear. By turns witty and moving, inquisitive and critical, his inquiry takes us from ancient Greece to medieval Europe, to the American Civil War, to the Great War and Vietnam, with sidetrips to the schoolyard, the bedroom, and the restaurant. Whether consulting Aristotle or private soldiers, Miller elicits consistently compelling insights into a condition as endlessly interesting as it is elusive. 606 $aCourage 606 $aConduct of life 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCourage. 615 0$aConduct of life. 676 $a179.6 700 $aMiller$b William Ian$f1946-$0222661 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455068403321 996 $aThe mystery of courage$92442804 997 $aUNINA