Título: Why We Act: Turning Bystanders into Moral Rebels
Autor: Catherine A. Sanderson
Sinopse: A Washington Post Book of the Year
“Makes a powerful argument for building, as early as possible, the ability to stand up for what's right in the face of peer pressure, corrupt authority, and even family apathy.”
―Psychology Today
Why do so few of us intervene when we’re needed―and what would it take to make us step up? We are bombarded every day by reports of bad behavior, from the school yard to the boardroom to the halls of Congress. It’s tempting to blame bad acts on bad people, but sometimes good people do bad things. A social psychologist who has done pioneering research on student behavior on college campuses, Catherine Sanderson points to many ways in which our faulty assumptions about what other people think can paralyze us. Moral courage, it turns out, is not innate. But you can train yourself to stand up for what you believe in, and even small acts can make a big difference. Inspiring and potentially life transforming, Why We Act reveals that while the urge to do nothing is deeply ingrained, even the most hesitant would-be bystander can learn to be a moral rebel.
“From bullying on the playground to sexual harassment in the workplace, perfectly nice people often do perfectly awful things. But why? In this thoughtful and beautifully written book, Sanderson shows how basic principles of social psychology explain such behavior―and how they can be used to change it. A smart and practical guide to becoming a better and braver version of ourselves.”
―Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness
“Encouraged me to persevere through many moments when it felt far easier to stop trying.”
―Washington Post
“Points to steps all of us can take to become ‘moral rebels’ whose voices can change society for the better.”
―Walter V. Robinson, former editor of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team
“Sanderson offers sound advice on how we can become better at doing what we know is right.”
―George Conway, cofounder of The Lincoln Project
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Why We Act: Turning Bystanders into Moral Rebels”, de Catherine A. Sanderson, publicado pela editora Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, em 2022 e com 272 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Páginas: 272
Ano: 2022-03-08
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0674271114
ISBN13: 9780674271111
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press trazem obras que exploram temas históricos, econômicos e culturais com profundidade analítica e rigor acadêmico. A experiência de leitura costuma envolver narrativas densas, que combinam relatos detalhados com reflexões críticas, muitas vezes abordando conflitos políticos, sociais ou econômicos em contextos amplos, como guerras mundiais, dinâmicas raciais ou transformações financeiras globais. O tom varia entre o didático e o ensaístico, com ritmo que privilegia a clareza e a argumentação fundamentada, sem apelos simplistas. O catálogo revela também uma atenção especial a personagens históricos complexos e a processos de mudança social, com obras que dialogam com públicos interessados em história, política e ciências sociais.
