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Why Societies Need Dissent
This chapter is in the book Why Societies Need Dissent
© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE v
  3. CONTENTS ix
  4. Introduction: Conformity and Dissent 1
  5. 1. Doing What Others Do 14
  6. 2. Obeying (and Disobeying) the Law 39
  7. 3. Traveling in Herds 54
  8. 4. What Will the Neighbors Think? 74
  9. 5. Free Speech 96
  10. 6. The Law of Group Polarization 111
  11. 7. The Framers’ Greatest Contribution 145
  12. 8. Are Judges Conformists Too? 166
  13. 9. Affirmative Action in Higher Education 194
  14. Conclusion: Why Dissent? 209
  15. Notes 215
  16. Index 240
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674267657-fm

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE v
  3. CONTENTS ix
  4. Introduction: Conformity and Dissent 1
  5. 1. Doing What Others Do 14
  6. 2. Obeying (and Disobeying) the Law 39
  7. 3. Traveling in Herds 54
  8. 4. What Will the Neighbors Think? 74
  9. 5. Free Speech 96
  10. 6. The Law of Group Polarization 111
  11. 7. The Framers’ Greatest Contribution 145
  12. 8. Are Judges Conformists Too? 166
  13. 9. Affirmative Action in Higher Education 194
  14. Conclusion: Why Dissent? 209
  15. Notes 215
  16. Index 240
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