Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram

Obedience to Authority

Stanley Milgram with Christopher C. Odom (Narrator)

8 hours, 50 minutes first pub 1974 (editions) user-added

nonfiction psychology science sociology reflective slow-paced
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For readers fascinated by the complexities of human behavior and the darker aspects of human nature, Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram is a challenging and unsettling exploration of the psychology of obedience, societal influence, and the blurred lines between right and wrong.

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Volunteers are invited to a scientific laboratory under the pretense of participating in a study about the effects of punishment on learning. They are instructed by an experimenter to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity every time...

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informative: 86%

challenging: 53%

reflective: 46%

dark: 33%

tense: 26%

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