The Psychology of "Evil" and the Politics of Fear, A Lecture by Philip Zimbardo, Professor of Pscyhology (Emeritus), Stanford University

In "The Psychology of 'Evil' and the Politics of Fear" Professor Zimbardo will apply a social psychological analysis to the abuses committed by American soldiers to prisoners in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Zimbardo will focus on the situational influences that seduce good people into behaving in ways that are alien to their traditional morality.

Philip Zimbardo is Professor of Psychology (Emeritus) at Stanford University and former president of the American Psychological Association. He is the author of numerous books, chapters and articles on topics that range from behavior in rats to persuasion, dissonance, hypnosis, cults, shyness, prisons, and madness. His Stanford Prison Experiment is a classic demonstration of the power of the situation over individual behavior.