“Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority.”
Quote by Stanley Milgram
Work
The Individual in a Social World: Essays and Experiments
This work investigates the dynamic relationship between the individual and surrounding social structures. Through a combination of theoretical essays and empirical experimental findings, the text examines psychological processes such as conformity, group influence, social identity, and interpersonal behavior. It addresses questions about how people are affected by the presence, expectations, and norms of others, and how social contexts both constrain and enable individual expression. The collection presents research in social psychology that analyzes the tension and interplay between personal autonomy and social belonging, drawing on experimental methodology to illuminate real-world social phenomena. more
Author
Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram (August 15, 1933 - December 20, 1984) was an American social psychologist renowned for his obedience experiments conducted at Yale University in the early 1960s. Born in New York City to Jewish immigrant parents, he earned his Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University in 1960. His obedience experiments demonstrated that ordinary people would inflict severe pain on others when instructed by an authority figure, sparking profound debates about human morality and research ethics. Milgram also conducted the "small world" experiment, which gave rise to the concept of "six degrees of separation." His research profoundly influenced social psychology, ethics, and political science. He died of a heart attack in New York at age 51. more
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