ELLIOT ARONSON

Un análisis brillante e ingenioso de las pautas, motivos y efectos de los procedimientos propagandísticos en la sociedad actual, los modos en que funcionan y cómo podemos protegernos de su manipulacion. La conclusion es que, independientemente de que estos empeños sean nobles o tendenciosos, su exito se basa en los mismos factores que exploto la maquina propagandistica de Hitler: las tacticas de la persuasion masiva y la vulnerabilidad de las personas ante esas tacticas.

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they make mistakes? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell?Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification. When we make mistakes, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth.And so we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right a belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong. Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energetic prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-deception how it works, the harm it can cause, and how we can overcome it.