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Further support for the role of heroism in human mate choice [PDF]
, 2020 This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by the American Psychological Association in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences on 03-09-2020. The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version, accessible at ...
Bartlett, James, Bhogal, Manpal
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2021 In the article we investigate the Christian – pagan polemic of Origen's treatise “Contra Celsum” in fragment 7.53-58, where the problem of the correlation of irony and heroism reveals the contrast between false and true deeds, for which divine honours ...
Maksim Prikhodko
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We don’t need another hero, do we? Researching heroism from a cultural perspective
Akademisk Kvarter, 2020 This article addresses different aspects of heroes and heroism and it offers an introductory analysis of approaches to heroism, which may be relevant for the articles in this issue of Academic Quarter.
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Nursing heroism in the 21st Century'
BMC Nursing, 2011 Background The Vivian Bullwinkel Oration honours the life and work of an extraordinary nurse. Given her story and that of her World War II colleagues, the topic of nursing heroism in the 21st century could not be more germane.
Darbyshire Philip
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Une illusion de joie dans beaucoup de souffrances : en finir avec la « fête épique »
Revue des Langues Romanes, 2022 This paper is intended to challenge the well-established idea that the “chanson de geste” would celebrate the war in the form of a joyous melee in which the pleasure of killing would be accompanied by search for glory: the critic was thus able to speak ...
Philippe Haugeard
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"The prince of all the rookies :" remaking working class masculinity and heroism in Traffic in Souls [PDF]
, 2015 textThis paper seeks to explore the role evolving masculinities played in the Progressive Era's white slavery panic through one of the period's most popular films: George Loane Tucker's Traffic in Souls and its ensuing novelization by Eustace Hale Ball ...
Cotter, Erin June
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Rare and Costly Prosocial Behaviors Are Perceived as Heroic
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Heroism has only recently become a topic of empirical investigation. Existing research suggests a connection between heroism and four well-documented dimensions of human social behavior: (1) the cost incurred by the actor; (2) the benefit provided to the
Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, David G. Rand
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The man’s courage and valour in the biblical and contemporary times [PDF]
Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces, 2018 The article attempts to analyse and interpret the man’s behaviour (actions) in different situations of threat and in different historical epochs.
Ryszard Kałużny
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Courage and Heroism of Soviet Soldiers in the Battle of Kursk
Управленческое консультирование, 2023 The appeal to this topic is due to the 80th anniversary of the victory at the Kursk Bulge (August 23, 2023), as well as the conduct of a special military operation.
V. P. Gridnev
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The Emergence of Regressive Heroism in Current Far-Right Populism
Religions, 2023 The purpose of this paper is to analyze the ways in which heroic leadership is manifested in current right-wing populism. Based on the distinction between heroic modernity and postheroic modernity, a genealogy of the heroic populist leader is proposed ...
José M. Pérez-Agote, Eliana Aleman
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