1st Edition
Honor Related Violence A New Social Psychological Perspective
By Robert Ermers
Copyright 2018
356 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
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Honor related violence is generally associated with crimes committed by people from the Middle East and adjacent areas. Perpetrators sometimes justify their deeds saying they ‘had to’ restore their honor. Theorists have argued that men from these populations exclusively correlate honor with the behaviour of their womenfolk, which they use as a pretext to further oppress and dominate women. Due to... Read more
Introduction 1. The context of this book 2. Approaches to the study of honor 3. Dishonour and Stigma 4. Violence and stigma 5. Blood revenge 6. Honor killing 7. Conclusions Index
Biography
Robert Ermers is a researcher at Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. An arabist and turcologist, his first specialisation was his linguistics PhD (1995). Since 2007 he has written (in Dutch) about honor and honor related violence. He is an experienced and acclaimed trainer and consultant in matters of honor related violence.
