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The Heroic Ideal: Western Archetypes from the Greeks to the Present by M. Gregory Kendrick (Paperback, 2010)

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ISBN-13: 9780786437863, 978-0786437863. The Heroic Ideal. It also reconstructs how definitions of heroism have been inextricably linked to shifts in western thinking about religion, social relations, political authority, and ethical conduct.

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In its present usage, the word hero seems an all-purpose moniker applied to everyone from Medal of Honor recipients to celebrities to comic book characters. This book explores the Western idea of the hero, from its initial use in ancient Greece, where it identified demigods or aristocratic, mortal warriors, through its present-day usage. Sections examine the concept of the hero as presented in the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds. Special attention is paid to particular heroic types, such as warriors, martyrs, athletes, knights, saints, scientists, rebels, secret servicemen, and even anti-heroes. It also reconstructs how definitions of heroism have been inextricably linked to shifts in western thinking about religion, social relations, political authority, and ethical conduct.