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Honor, Romanticism, and the Hidden Value of Modernity offers a groundbreaking analysis of how romantic ideals and honor systems contributed to the formation of modern consciousness. Jamison Kantor demonstrates that romanticism was not merely an artistic movement, but a profound philosophical response to social transformation.
The book traces the evolution of honor codes through the romantic period and into modernity, revealing how these seemingly antiquated concepts remained deeply embedded in contemporary values and institutions. Kantor argues that understanding romanticism’s hidden value requires recognizing its role in legitimizing individual subjectivity and moral autonomy in an increasingly rationalized world.
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Romanticism series, this work combines historical analysis with philosophical inquiry to illuminate the connections between eighteenth-century romantic thought and twenty-first-century concerns about authenticity, meaning, and human dignity.
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