Stanley Milgram: Understanding Obedience and its Implications

In a series of ingenious studies, social psychologist Stanley Milgram, examined the impact of modern society on the psychology of individuals.

His most famous experiment saw participants commanded to administer painful electric shocks to supposed fellow volunteers and their compliance raised serious questions about the limits of moral autonomy and the ability of individuals to resist authority.

Lunt explores the historical and cultural setting of Milgram's social psychology, his intellectual ...