Author : John T. Jost
Release : 2020
Genre : Defense mechanisms (Psychology)
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 656/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Theory of System Justification by : John T. Jost
Download or read book A Theory of System Justification written by John T. Jost. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychologist John Jost has spent decades researching poor people who vote for policies of inequality and women who think men deserve higher salaries. He argues that the persecuted often justify and defend the very social systems that oppress them because doing so serves a fundamental need for certainty, security, and social acceptance.