Obedience to Authority

Stanley Milgram's work on obedience to authority is one of the most important research programs of our times.This edited volume demonstrates the vibrancy of the obedience paradigm by presenting contemporary applications of his research.

Thomas Blass

Contents: Preface. A. Milgram, My Personal View of Stanley Milgram. H. Takooshian, How Stanley Milgram Taught About Obedience and Social Influence. J. Waters, Professor Stanley Milgram--Supervisor, Mentor, Friend. T. Blass, The Milgram Paradigm After 35 Years: Some Things We Now Know About Obedience to Authority. B.E. Collins, L. Ma, Impression Management and Identity Construction in the Milgram Social System. F. Rochat, A. Modigliani, Captain Paul Grueninger: The Chief of Police Who Saved Jewish Refugees by Refusing to Do His Duty. E. Tarnow, Self-Destructive Obedience in the Airplane Cockpit and the Concept of Obedience Optimization. A.L. Saltzman, The Role of the Obedience Experiments in Holocaust Studies: The Case for Renewed Visibility. C. Marsh, A Science Museum Exhibit on Milgram's Obedience Research: History, Description, and Visitors' Reactions. F. Rochat, O. Maggioni, A. Modigliani, The Dynamics of Obeying and Opposing Authority: A Mathematical Model. P.G. Zimbardo, C. Maslach, C. Haney, Reflections on the Stanford Prison Experiment: Genesis, Transformations, Consequences.