Who the Hell is Stanley Milgram?

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Regarded as one of the most important figures in the field of social psychology, Stanley Milgram was also one of the most controversial. Who the Hell is Stanley Milgram? looks at who this fascinating man really was, tracing his life and his intellectual influences before going on to discuss three of his most important ideas. Beginning with his most contentious work, the famous 'obedience' experiments, we learn just how powerful social situations are in shaping the behaviour of the individual. This book also looks at Milgram's 'lost-letter technique' and his research into the 'small-world problem', examples of the innovative experimental techniques that he came up with to investigate pressing social and political questions.