In Betrayals and Treason Nachman Ben-Yehuda identifies the universal structure of betrayals as the violation of trust and loyalty and charts the different manifestations and constructions of these violations, all within numerous cases across time, place, and cultures. Betrayals do not just lie in the eyes of the beholder, completely relative. While the very idea of betrayals is a social construct, underlying it is a universal structure of violations of both trust and loyalty. Whenever this structure materializes, the label "betrayal" is invoked and applied.

About the Author
Nachman Ben-Yehuda is professor of sociology and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Specializing in the study of deviance, he graduated from the University of Chicago. He is the author of Deviance and Moral Boundaries, The Politics and Morality of Deviance, Political Assassinations by Jews, Moral Panics (with Erich Goode), and The Masada Myth.


Book Information
ISBN 9780813397764
Author Nachman Ben-yehuda
Format Paperback
Page Count 414
Imprint Westview Press Inc
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 453g