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Record Nr.

UNINA9910305558003321

Autore

Hogan Patrick Colm

Titolo

The culture of conformism : understanding social consent / / Patrick Colm Hogan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham [N.C.], : Duke University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-283-06195-3

9786613061959

0-8223-8037-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

303.3/2

Soggetti

Conformity

Ideology

Belief and doubt

Cognitive psychology

Emotions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Rational acquiescence : the police and the marketplace -- Belief and consent -- Ideology and emotion -- Cognitive structure and the example of racism -- Working against injustice.

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses the psychoanalytic concept of "consent"-- the reasons behind it and its effects on power and society.