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A distinguished psychologist presents a disturbing, insightful analysis of the human capacity for evil, explaining how and why everyone is susceptible to the power of evil, the power of group dynamics and situational pressures to transform human behavior, the significance of disobedience and the true nature of heroism, and guidelines for overcoming human nature. 12,500 first printing.
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Philip Zimbardo is professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford University and has also taught at Yale University, New York University, and Columbia University. He is the co-author of Psychology and Life and author of Shyness, which together have sold more than 2.5 million copies. Zimbardo has been president of the American Psychological Association and is now director of the Stanford Center on Interdisciplinary Policy, Education, and Research on Terrorism. He also narrated the award-winning PBS series Discovering Psychology, which he helped create. In 2004, he acted as an expert witness in the court-martial hearings of one of the American army reservists accused of criminal behavior in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. His informative website, www.prisonexperiment.org is visited by millions every year. Visit the author’s personal website at www.zimbardo.com.
Philip Zimbardo is professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford University.
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