UID:
edoccha_9961426856302883
Format:
1 online resource (216 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9783031459481
Note:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Part I: Theorising Class and Status -- 1: From Max Weber -- The Weberian Framework -- Class Situations and Economic Classes -- Status Situations -- Status Levels and Social Strata -- Power, Command, and the Political Order -- References -- 2: A General Theory of Status -- Community, Repute, and Status -- Authority, Status, and Officialdom -- Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Divisions -- Multidimensional Honour and Prestige -- Social Strata and Collective Identities -- References -- Part II: Lords, Knights, and Companions -- 3: Chivalric Honours -- Feudal Lordships and Social Status -- Formation of a Noble Hierarchy -- Commercialisation and Class Relations -- References -- 4: Aristocratic Honours -- Regulation and Accreditation of Honour -- The Inflation of Honours -- Parliamentary Honours -- Complexity in Class Relations -- References -- 5: Imperial Honours -- Militarism and Warfare: Honours Reinvented -- Imperial Ornamentalism -- Political Order, Class Division, and Social Decay -- References -- 6: Contested Honours -- Democratising Honours and Peerage Power -- Corruption, Cash, and Criticism -- The End of Lordly Power? -- A New Rationale for Honours? -- References -- Appendix: A Proposal for Reform -- The Second Chamber -- The Honours System -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783031459474
Language:
English
