Stanley Milgram : understanding obedience and its implications
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Stanley Milgram : understanding obedience and its implications
（Mind shapers）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
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Stanley Milgram : shaper of: obedience
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-155) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In a series of ingenious studies, social psychologist Stanley Milgram, examined the impact of modern society on the psychology of individuals.
His most famous experiment saw participants commanded to administer painful electric shocks to supposed fellow volunteers and their compliance raised serious questions about the limits of moral autonomy and the ability of individuals to resist authority.
Lunt explores the historical and cultural setting of Milgram's social psychology, his intellectual roots and the continuing relevance of his research today. This authoritative introduction is essential reading for all those interested in the psychology of power and obedience.
Table of Contents
Milgram's Obedience to Authority Experiments.- Milgram's Theory and Explanation of his Findings.- The Reaction of the Psychological Community.- Power, Domination and the Sociology of the Holocaust.- Political Culture, Political Theory and Social Influence.- The Individual in a Social World.- Contemporary Resonance of Milgram's Research.- Afterword.
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