Stanley Milgram
Subtitle: understanding obedience and its implications
By: Peter Lunt.
Series: Mind shapers
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780230573154
Subjects: Milgram, Stanley; Obedience; Social psychology; Social psychologists -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "This book is a fascinating introduction to Stanley Milgram, best known for his obedience study in which he persuaded his subjects to administer electric shocks to what they thought were fellow subjects. Lunt explores Milgram's influence in social psychology and how he undercut the traditional notion that individuals should be seen as rational autonomous beings"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: The Electric Shock Studies. - Examining the experiments and Milgram's account of them.Milgram the person - Including biographical detail and an account of his work.Social and Political Context - Looking at the holocaust, political consensus and the cold war.Reinterpretation of Milgram's studies - Considering the experiments in light of the historical context.Contemporary relevance of the studies. Conclusion.