Honor, Status, and Aggression in Economic Exchange

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2247296
AutoresVern Baxter (University of New Orleans, autor de correspondencia), Anthony V Margavio (University of New Orleans)
Año2000
Volumen18
Número3
Páginas399-416
Fecha de publicación2000-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0735-2751 • E-ISSN: 1467-9558
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/0735-2751.00108
OpenAlexW2019477744
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas52

The concept of honor links reputation and self-esteem with interaction in social groups and provides a promising way to approach questions about the release of aggression in economic exchange. While the internalization of conventional honor codes offers the hope of peaceful, if not just, exchange, competing codes of honor coexist within various aspects of the self and among members of various status groups. When a person's sense of individual or group honor is repeatedly violated in economic interaction, the reaction may include the release of aggression to repair damaged honor and establish self-respect. The narrative proceeds with an exploration of the concept of honor followed by a brief review of the association of honor with rational action in pursuit of economic success. The problematic inscription on the self of conventional codes of honor is then discussed. A brief discussion of staged role performance and the display of alternative codes of honor in workplace interaction and in extralegal market exchange illustrates the argument. A final section considers alternative approaches to the problem of self-control as social control

Aggression · Honor · Reputation · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Management and Organizational Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology