Injustice by Barrington Moore Jr.
The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt
A sociological exploration of how people come to perceive wrongs, why moral outrage sometimes produces collective rebellion and more often dissolves into obedience, and how institutions shape both outcomes. It argues that experiences of injustice are relational and context-bound, highlighting the roles of humiliation, arbitrary authority, shifting norms, and comparison groups, while showing how organization, ideology, and risk transform grievances into action. By blending moral psychology with historical and contemporary cases, it critiques purely economic explanations and illuminates the social foundations that stabilize domination or catalyze revolt.
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- Published
- 1978
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 500-600
- Original Language
- English
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