{"product_id":"just-following-orders-atrocities-and-the-brain-science-of-obedience-hardback-9781009385435","title":"Just Following Orders; Atrocities and the Brain Science of Obedience (Hardback) 9781009385435","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJust Following Orders\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAtrocities and the Brain Science of Obedience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiscover how the brain is wired for obedience and how this can lead to humans committing brutal acts of violence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmilie A. Caspar (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009385435, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e261 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 1.9 cm, 0.493 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Emilie Caspar's book resurrects Milgram's agentic shift theory of obedience. Combining the results of laboratory studies with interviews with participants in the mass killings in Cambodia in the 1970s and Rwanda in 1994, Caspar argues that we should believe perpetrators who say they were just following orders. Her interviewees often explain themselves with versions of this claim. Participants in her new shock-giving obedience experiments often say the same. And brain recordings from these participants - based on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies - show different patterns for ordered and for free choice shock giving - suggesting that participants are in a different state when acting under orders.' Clark McCauley, Lawfare\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: understanding genocide as a means to prevention\u003cbr\u003e 1. Listening to the perpetrators of genocide\u003cbr\u003e 2. A brief history of the experimental research on obedience\u003cbr\u003e 3. How do we take ownership and responsibility over our own actions?\u003cbr\u003e 4. Moral emotions under obedience\u003cbr\u003e 5. Just giving orders? In the brain of those who command\u003cbr\u003e 6. Desolation is everywhere\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion: How ordinary people stand up against immorality\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: A hopeful horizon.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social, group or collective psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social,%20group%20or%20collective%20psychology%20%5BJMH%5D%22\"\u003eJMH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173727367448,"sku":"9781009385435","price":25.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009385435i.jpg?v=1781168492","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/just-following-orders-atrocities-and-the-brain-science-of-obedience-hardback-9781009385435","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}