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Just Following Orders
- Author
- Emilie A. Caspar
- Narrator
- Julia Anthony
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 12 September 2024
- Run Time
- 9 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Emilie A. Caspar
- Narrator
- Julia Anthony
- Duration
- 9 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 September 2024
- ISBN
- 9798855579246
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Social, group or collective psychology, Society and culture: general, Neurosciences, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology
Synopsis
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.
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