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Beyond the Banality of Evil

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Institute of Social Psychology 'Psychology as Social Science' public lecture

Date: Thursday 28 February 2008
Time:
6.30-8pm
Venue: New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Professor Steve Reicher
Chair:
Dr Sandra Jovchelovitch

This lecture critically addresses Hannah Arendt's hypothesis on the banality of evil arguing that those who commit extreme acts are not aware of the consequences of their actions: rather, they celebrate these consequences as moral.

Steve Reicher is professor of social psychology at the University of St Andrew's, Scotland.

Podcast

A podcast of this event is available to download from the LSE public lectures and events podcasts channel.

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