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Injustice: The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt
Barrington Jr Moore
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Description for Injustice: The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt
Hardcover. An examination of the constants and variables of the sense of injustice displayed by ordinary people in various societies places special focus on the German working class between 1848 and 1920 Num Pages: 558 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 857.
This is a book about why people so often put up with being the victims of their societies and why at other times they become very angry and try with passion and forcefulness to do something about their situation. I his most ambition book to date, Barrington Moore, Jr explores a large part of the world's experience with injustice and its understanding of it. In search of general elements behind the acceptance of injustice he discusses the Untouchables of India, Nazi concentration camps, and the Milgram experiments on obedience to authority.
This is a book about why people so often put up with being the victims of their societies and why at other times they become very angry and try with passion and forcefulness to do something about their situation. I his most ambition book to date, Barrington Moore, Jr explores a large part of the world's experience with injustice and its understanding of it. In search of general elements behind the acceptance of injustice he discusses the Untouchables of India, Nazi concentration camps, and the Milgram experiments on obedience to authority.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
540
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333247839
SKU
V9780333247839
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99-15
About Barrington Jr Moore
BARRINGTON MOORE, JR is a Lecturer in Sociology at Harvard University and Senior Research Fellow for the University's Russian Centre. He was educated at Williams College, where he took a degree in Greek and Latin, and at Yale University where he gained a PhD in sociology. His book Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy received the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award ... Read more
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