HISC 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Thalidomide, Prescription Drug, Morning Sickness
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1961 current events: freedom riders of the civil rights movement. Facing the hypocrisy in america: decolonization of many african countries. Facing the contradictions of liberal democracies: ban the bomb. People were very anxious about the dangers and prospects of nuclear war, began protesting the worldwide ban of nuclear weapons: eichmann trial. Changed the whole perception of what happened during the nazi war trials. Adolf eichmann was a principal nazi criminal that escaped justice. May 11, 1960, arrested in buenos aires by israeli special forces. Interested in questions of social conformity: 1961: starts reading reports of the eichmann trial (cid:271)(cid:455) ha(cid:374)(cid:374)ah are(cid:374)dt (cid:894)(cid:862)eichmann in. Jerusalem: a report of the ba(cid:374)alit(cid:455) of e(cid:448)il(cid:863)(cid:895) Book"s perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e: eichmann was swept up by this evil organization, did what he was told, was victimized in turn: milgram started designing experiments centered around social conformity, obedience to authority experiment. U(cid:271)je(cid:272)t is tea(cid:272)her, the (cid:862)lear(cid:374)er(cid:863) is i(cid:374) o(cid:374) the e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Teacher and learner separated, in hearing range.
