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InjusticeInjustice

Injustice1978

The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt

Barrington Moore

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First Published in 1978. This is a book about why people so often put up with being the victims of their societies and why at other times they become very angry and try with passion and forcefulness to do something about their situation. I his most ambition book to date, Barrington Moore, Jr explores a large part of the world's experience with injustice and its understanding of it. In search of general elements behind the acceptance of injustice he discusses the Untouchables of India, Nazi concentration camps, and the Milgram experiments on obedience to authority. (Source: [Taylor & Francis](https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315496535/injustice-social-bases-obedience-revolt-barrington-moore-jr))

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First published
1978
OL Work ID
OL2739794W

Subjects

RevolutionsRadicalismSocial justiceLaborWorking classHistorySocial problemsSociologyTravailleursHistoireRadicalismeJustice socialeRévolutions15.70 history of EuropeOnrechtvaardigheidGehoorzaamheidOngehoorzaamheidArbeidersklasse

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