Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

66 Anmeldelser

4.2

Længde
26T 44M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Fakta

What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it?

Renowned social psychologist Philip Zimbardo has the answers, and in The Lucifer Effect he explains how—and the myriad reasons why—we are all susceptible to the lure of "the dark side." Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women.

Zimbardo is perhaps best known as the creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment. Here, for the first time and in detail, he tells the full story of this landmark study, in which a group of college-student volunteers was randomly divided into guards and inmates and then placed in a mock prison environment. Within a week the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students were transformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners.

By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide to how once upstanding American soldiers came to abuse and torture Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib. He replaces the long-held notion of the "bad apple" with the "bad barrel"—the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around.

This is a book that dares to hold a mirror up to mankind, showing us that we might not be who we think we are. While forcing us to reexamine what we are capable of doing when caught up in the crucible of behavioral dynamics, though, Zimbardo also offers hope. We are capable of resisting evil, he argues, and can even teach ourselves to act heroically. Like Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem and Steven Pinker's The Blank Slate, The Lucifer Effect is a shocking, engrossing study that will change the way we view human behavior.

© 2011 Tantor Media (Lydbog): 9781452671505

Release date

Lydbog: 31. marts 2011

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion Paul Bloom
  2. Science and Human Behavior B.F. Skinner
  3. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains Nicholas Carr
  4. A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt – And Why They Shouldn't: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't William B. Irvine
  5. The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy William von Hippel
  6. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind Sandra Blakeslee
  7. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging Sebastian Junger
  8. Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction John Brockman
  9. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature Matt Ridley
  10. Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed Will Storr
  11. The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It Will Storr
  12. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life Robin Hanson
  13. The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force Jeffrey M. Schwartz
  14. Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience Michael S. Gazzaniga
  15. The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain James Fallon
  16. Know This: Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments John Brockman
  17. The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense Gad Saad
  18. Psychopathy: A Very Short Introduction Essi Viding
  19. A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons Robert M. Sapolsky
  20. Brilliant: The Art and Science of Making Better Decisions Barry Schwartz
  21. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Frans de Waal
  22. Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny Michael Tomasello
  23. The River of Consciousness Oliver Sacks
  24. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind Paul Bloom
  25. Civilized To Death: The Price of Progress Christopher Ryan
  26. The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter Joseph Henrich
  27. Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters Abigail Shrier
  28. Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life Nick Lane
  29. Miss Jane Brad Watson
  30. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt
  31. The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning Paul Bloom
  32. Why is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality Jared Diamond
  33. Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety Joseph LeDoux
  34. We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know Stefan Klein
  35. Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason Justin Smith-Ruiu
  36. The Art of Being Erich Fromm
  37. The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better Will Storr
  38. iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us Jean M. Twenge

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet