ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines a great number of cases involving various forms and manifestations of betrayal. It shows that it is possible to classify many of the cases into analytical categories. All these individual real-life stories helped the sociologists to weave more general sociological treatise on betrayal. The method sociologists used consisted of examining diverse behaviors, in different time periods and cultures, trying to crystallize the common analytical core behind the different empirical manifestations of betrayal without losing the cultural mosaic itself. There are some main elements that must be present to invoke the term "traitor." To begin with, attribution of betrayal occurs when two major violations of expectations occur: violation of trust and violation of loyalty. The book shows a distinction between the universal social structure of betrayal and its specific moral content.
