ABSTRACT

First Published in 1978. This is a book about why people so often put up with being the victims of their societies and why at other times they become very angry and try with passion and forcefulness to do something about their situation. I his most ambition book to date, Barrington Moore, Jr explores a large part of the world's experience with injustice and its understanding of it. In search of general elements behind the acceptance of injustice he discusses the Untouchables of India, Nazi concentration camps, and the Milgram experiments on obedience to authority.

part One|116 pages

The Sense of Injustice

chapter Chapter One|46 pages

Recurring elements in moral codes

chapter Chapter Three|36 pages

The rejection of suffering and oppression

part Two|237 pages

An Historical Perspective

chapter Chapter Four|7 pages

Prologue

chapter Chapter Five|47 pages

German workers in the revolution of 1848

chapter Chapter Six|54 pages

Social and cultural trends before 1914

chapter Chapter Seven|48 pages

Militance and apathy in the Ruhr before 1914

chapter Chapter Eight|41 pages

The reformist revolution 1918–1920

chapter Chapter Nine|38 pages

The radical thrust

part Three|156 pages

General Perspectives

chapter Chapter Thirteen|24 pages

Moral relativism

chapter Chapter 14|48 pages

Inevitability and the sense of injustice