The Lucifer Effect

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 *

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.