{"product_id":"the-tyranny-of-opinion-honor-in-the-construction-of-the-mexican-public-sphere","title":"The Tyranny of Opinion: Honor in the Construction of the Mexican Public Sphere","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-to-late nineteenth century  as Mexico emerged out of decades of civil war and foreign invasion  a modern notion of honorof ones reputation and self-worthbecame the keystone in the construction of public culture. Mexicans gave great symbolic  social  and material value to honor. Only honorable men could speak in the name of the public. Honor earned these men  and a few women  support and credit  and gave civilian politicians a claim to authority after an era dominated by military heroism. Tracing how notions of honor changed in nineteenth-century Mexico  Pablo Piccato examines legislation  journalism  parliamentary debates  criminal defamation cases  personal stories  urban protests  and the rise and decline of dueling in the 1890s. He highlights the centrality of notions of honor to debates over the nature of Mexican liberalism  describing how honor helped to define the boundaries between public and private life; balance competing claims of free speech  public opinion  and the protection of individual reputations; and motivate politicians  writers  and other men to enter public life. As Piccato explains  under the authoritarian rule of Porfirio Daz  the state became more active in the protection of individual reputations. It implemented new restrictions on the press. This did not prevent people from all walks of life from defending their honor and reputations  whether in court or through violence. The Tyranny of Opinion is a major contribution to a new understanding of Mexican political history and the evolution of Mexican civil society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985819922485,"sku":"ByrdShop_0822346451","price":39.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780822346456.jpg?v=1770872729","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-tyranny-of-opinion-honor-in-the-construction-of-the-mexican-public-sphere","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}