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  • Diana posted an update in the group Group logo of Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago

    I just finished reading The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo (533 pages).
    This is such a great book although, at first, it was a bit hard to get into. Once you do get into it though, you won’t put it down. It is a great book to read if you are into psychology. The account of the prison experiment is so detailed; Zimbardo didn’t leave any part of it out. I also found the parallel of the prison experiment to Abu Ghraib very interesting. It really makes you realize how absolutely anyone is capable of turning into a monster. I highly recommend this book.

    • forgot to mention @internrachel and @julia1

    • Dude, I read this way back when in freshman year of high school! I really enjoyed it then but thought it must have been some kind of fever dream because for years I couldn’t find any reference to it. I’ve been meaning to reread it for awhile, the psychology of ‘bad’ or ‘evil’ people is so fascinating!