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On Fri, 11 May 2007, Tony Whitson wrote:

> See
> http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=8084&schedID=488
>
> On Sunday, May 13 at 12:00 am
> The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
> Philip Zimbardo
>
> Description: In "The Lucifer Effect" psychologist Philip Zimbardo explains
> how particular situations and group dynamics can lead normal, moral people to
> behave in immoral ways. He cites the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib as
> an example. Mr. Zimbardo draws on the findings of his Stanford Prison
> Experiment, in which a group of student volunteers were arbitrarily divided
> into "guards" and "inmates" and then placed in a simulated prison
> environment.
>
> Author Bio: Philip Zimbardo is professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford
> University. He has also taught at Yale University, New York University, and
> Columbia University. He is the author of "Shyness" and co-author of
> "Psychology and Life." In 2004, he was an expert witness in the court-martial
> hearings of one of the American army reservists charged with criminal
> behavior at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
>
> Tony Whitson
> UD School of Education NEWARK DE 19716
>
> twhitson@udel.edu
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> -- Roland Barthes, S/Z (1970)
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Tony Whitson
UD School of Education
NEWARK DE 19716

twhitson@udel.edu
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"those who fail to reread
  are obliged to read the same story everywhere"
                   -- Roland Barthes, S/Z (1970)
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