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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|116 pages
The Sense of Injustice
chapter Chapter One|46 pages
Recurring elements in moral codes
chapter Chapter Two|32 pages
The moral authority of suffering and injustice
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