How can obedience and carrying out orders lead to horrific acts such as the Holocaust or the genocides in Rwanda, Cambodia, or Bosnia? For the most part, it is a mystery why obeying instructions from an authority can convince people to kill other human beings, sometimes without hesitation and with incredible cruelty.
Combining social and cognitive neuroscience with real-life accounts from genocide perpetrators, this book sheds light on the process through which obedience influences cognition and behavior. Emilie Caspar, a leading expert in the field, translates this neuroscientific approach into a clear, uncomplicated explanation, even for those with no background in psychology or neuroscience.
By better understanding humanity''s propensity for direct orders to short-circuit our own independent decision-making, we can edge closer to effective prevention processes.
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Omfång |
261 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Cambridge University Press |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2024-07-25 |
| ISBN |
9781009385435 |
