Obedience to authority : an experimental view

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Obedience to authority : an experimental view

Stanley Milgram

(Harper Perennial modern thought)

Harper Perennial, 2009

1st Harper Perennial modern thought ed

  • : pbk

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Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1974

"First Herper paperback edition published 1975"--T.p. verso

"First Perennial Classics edition published 2004"--T.p. verso

"With a new introduction by Philip Zimbardo"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-218) and index

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Description

In the 1960s, Stanley Milgram carried out a series of experiments in which human subjects were given progressively more painful electro-shocks in a careful calibrated series to determine to what extent people will obey orders even when they knew them to be painful and immoral - to determine how people will obey authority regardless of consequences. These experiments came under heavy criticism at the time but have ultimately been vindicated by the scientific community. This book is Milgram's vivid and persuasive explanation of his methods.

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  • NCID
    BA91724324
  • ISBN
    • 9780061765216
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxv, 224 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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