Honor
Frank Henderson Stewart, a scholar of the ancient Near East, sets out to define honour precisely rather than describe it. He works through Bedouin custom, medieval European practice and modern German law, where honour is still a legal category a person can sue to protect, and argues that honour is best understood as a right rather than a feeling or a reputation.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah
This is a very different kind of book. Frank Henderson Stewart is a very distinguished scholar, now retired, an expert on the ancient Near East, but he thought deeply about honour. He read ancient texts and legal documents because, as you know, honour is a legal concept in German law and you can seek to have your honour protected in various ways – it’s sort of what they have instead of libel.
Interview · November 2012
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