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Routledge Studies in Leadership, Work and Organizational Psychology Series [More in this series]

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This book develops a new concept - 'martial culture' - with which to problematize and reframe thinking surrounding the lifeways of US servicemembers, following the values, beliefs, norms, and rituals they are exposed to upon entering military service.

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Contents

• Cover
• Endorsements Page
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
• Culture
• Mythology
• Introducing Martial Culture
• Civil
• Martial
• Conclusion
• 2 Martial Culture Theory
• Why Martial Culture?
• Martial Culture Defined
• Intertwined Roots
• The Beginnings of Civilization
• Gender
• Collective versus Individual
• Perspectives on Martial Cultures
• The Current US Military Organization and Martial Culture
• Ritual
• A Martial Life Cycle
• 3 Navajo
• The Myth
• Martial Culture
• Monsters
• Call
• Training
• Battle
• Embodied Lifeway
• Endemic Warfare
• Cleansing and Living Forward
• 4 Hindu
• The Mahabharata
• Fall of a Golden Age
• Vows
• Spousal Sacrifice
• Prism Reflection of a Servicemember
• Toxic Relationships
• Developing Servicemembers
• "Unworthy" Servicemembers
• Preparing for War
• Pleas for Peace
• Values Betrayed
• Bhagavad Gita
• What We Had to Do
• Bed of a Kshatriya
• "Peace"
• Sanctifying the Future
• Time, Enemies, and Friends
• 5 Norse
• The Myths
• Sacred Groves
• Valkyrie
• Defender and Warfighter
• Perseverance
• Suffering Gladly
• The Ecstatic Berserk Gift
• Outcast
• Renewal
• 6 Japanese
• Mythic Origins
• The Kojiki
• Creation and Death
• Sword
• Purification
• Warrior Goddess
• Mirror
• Hachiman, Jizo, and Buddhist Warriors
• Zen
• Reverence for Ancestors
• Rōnin, Veteran, and Living Forward
• Today
• 7 Conclusion
• Warrior versus Servicemember
• Communitas
• Land
• Threshold Experiences
• Servicemembers as Sacred Warriors
• Cyclic Existence and Purification
• Veteran and Moving Forward
• External Aid
• Index.

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ISBN

• 9781032613222
• 103261322X
• 9781003847014
• 1003847013

OCLC

1415895986

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