Table of Contents

New Directions in Social Psychology -- Introduction -- Violence and Honor in the Southern United States -- Homicide Rate Differences Between North and South -- Differences Between Northerners and Southerners in Attitudes Toward Violence -- Insult, Anger, and Aggression: An “Experimental Ethnography” of the Culture of Honor -- Collective Expressions of the Culture of Honor: Violence, Social Policy, and the Law -- Culture of Honor: Manifestations, Explanations, and Destinations -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- About the Book and Authors

About the Author

Richard E. Nisbett is Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and codirector of the Culture and Cognition Program at the University of Michigan.Dov Cohen is assistant professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Richard E. Nisbett is Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and codirector of the Culture and Cognition Program at the University of Michigan.Dov Cohen is assistant professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.