The Lucifer Effect, 9781846041037
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Good people, evil deeds: How circumstances can corrupt anyone.
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The Lucifer Effect

how good people turn evil

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    576 pages

  • Release Date

    30 April 2008

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Summary

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

In The Lucifer Effect, award-winning psychologist Philip Zimbardo delves into the human capacity for both immense compassion and unspeakable cruelty. He challenges our understanding of ourselves, questioning what we believe we’re incapable of and exploring how easily we can succumb to evil.

Zimbardo examines the circumstances that lead ordinary individuals to commit extraordinary acts of darkness. Through t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781846041037
ISBN-10:1846041031
Author:Philip Zimbardo
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Imprint:Rider & Co
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:576
Release Date:30 April 2008
Weight:392g
Dimensions:197mm x 127mm x 35mm
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Critics Review

Formidable

An important book…all politicians and social commentators should read it * Sunday Times *Detailed and absorbing…masterly and honest * Mary Warnock, Times Higher Education Supplement *Formidable * Observer *This important book is very readable * Spectator *One of the most distinguished social scientists of our age * Catholic Herald *Zimbardo’s anatomy of human psychology and contemporary culture is as scholarly as it is scary * Brian Keenan *Professor Zimbardo deserves heartfelt thanks for disclosing and illuminating the dark, hidden corners of the human soul. * Vaclev Havel, former President of the Czech Republic *“The Lucifer Effect” will change forever the way you think about why we behave the way we do–and, in particular, about the human potential for evil. This is a disturbing book, but one that has never been more necessary. * Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink *

About The Author

Philip Zimbardo

Philip Zimbardo is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University and has also taught at Yale, NYU and Columbia. He was elected President of the American Psychological Association in 2002 and is founder of the National Center for the Psychology of Terrorism. Widely respected as an innovative researcher and writer, he presented the award-winning video series Discovering Psychology and his Stanford Prison Experiment has also featured many times on TV.

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