The Code of Man: Love Courage Pride Family Country

By Waller R. Newell

Book Overview

"In many ways," Waller R. Newell writes, "young men today are in deep spiritual trouble. But they are also yearning for a way back to the noblest ideals of American manhood." The Code of Man is a deep and thought-provoking effort to help guide contemporary men back to those ideals, embodied in what Newell calls the five paths to manliness: love, courage, pride, family, and country. He argues that at the dawn of the twenty-first century, our society has grown so concerned about the roles of sex and violence that we have forgotten to seek inspiration from the traditional virtues of the past: romance and eros, courage and patriotism, and the blend of love and bravery that ittakes to raise a family. Contrasting such time-honored lessons from the voices of William Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, Jane Austen, and Teddy Roosevelt with the chaotic signals emanating from Western culture today, Newell offers a clarion call to recapture our traditions, preserve our character as a society ... and avoid catastrophe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060087528
• ISBN13: 9780060087524
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Wish he taught at my school...

This book is astounding. His earlier book on masculinity I gave to my younger brother for Christmas- he'll be getting this one this year. I work in a book store and attend SUNY New Paltz as a philosophy student- I've been putting this book in the hands of customers and professors both, and none have been dissapointed. Waller Newell's traditional approach to masculinity, with contemporary references, is the perfect answer to our present male identity crisis. Buy both this book and _What_Is_A_Man?_ for yourself, and for others. They make great presents for Bar Mitzvahs, Christmas, birthdays, Hannukah, Confirmation, graduations, and young men that might have some time on their hands in jail or a drug rehab program.