Beautiful souls saying no, breaking ranks, and heeding the voice of conscience in dark times

Fifty years after Hannah Arendt examined the dynamics of conformity in her seminal account of the Eichmann trial, "Beautiful Souls" explores the flipside of the banality of evil, mapping out what impels ordinary people to defy the sway of authority and convention.

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Main Author: Press, Eyal
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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