Crimes of Obedience - Toward a Social Psychology of Authority and Responsibility (Paperback, New Ed)

The My Lai massacre, Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair: these are examples of the tendency for people to commit illegal acts when so ordered by authority. This book examines these events and the public's response to them, presenting a major analysis of the rationale behind "crimes of obedience.""This book explains how individuals in authority can abuse their power by failing to distinguish between discipline and blind obedience. CRIMES OF OBEDIENCE should be required reading for every American citizen."-Senator Daniel K. Inouye"This is a major book in social psychology that deserves the attention of both sociological and psychological traditions. With its focus on concepts such as legitimacy and responsibility that bridge the individual and the social system, it is firmly rooted in an interdisciplinary vision of social psychology. In its recognition that resistance to crimes of obedience depends on collective processes, it makes a major contribution to the social psychology of social movements."-William A. Gamson, American Journal of Sociology"A patently original, socially compelling, thoroughly scholarly dissection of actions in response to commands by authorities that are morally repugnant to some or many of the participants and the rest of us."-Leonard W. Doob, The Key Reporter

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1990
First published:	August 1960
Authors:	V.Lee Hamilton • Herbert Kelman
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	320
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-04813-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology
LSN:	0-300-04813-0
Barcode:	9780300048131

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