00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-8027295163992779754 Buklod 20241028140601.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 241028s2020 mau a r b|001 0|eng d 9780674244658 (hardback) 21366432 SS-12566 NSGB Php2,895.00 Department of Psychology DLC DMLS rda eng DMLUC BF 175.5 D44 J67 2020 Jost, John T. author. A theory of system justification John T. Jost. Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press [2020] ©2020 xii, 385 pages illustrations 25 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-368) and index. A new discourse on "voluntary servitude" -- Social justice: history, theory, and research -- Intellectual precursors, major postulates, and practical relevance of system justification theory -- The role of stereotyping in system-justification and the production of false consciousness -- The psychology of system justification: eighteen hypotheses about rationalization of the status quo, internalization of inferiority, and potential conflicts among ego, group, and system justification motives -- Does a sense of powerlessness foster the legitimation of authority and hierarchy? -- "Poor but happy": the system-justifying potential of complementary stereotypes -- On the subjugation and self-subjugation of girls and women -- Belief in a just god (and a just society): a system justification perspective on religious ideology -- Overcoming resistance to change and motivated skepticism about global warming -- Why men and women do and don't rebel: a system justification perspective on protest and collective action -- System justification theory twenty-five years later: criticisms, rebuttals, and future directions. "Psychologist John T. 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"-- Provided by publisher. Defense mechanisms (Psychology) Oppression (Psychology) Power (Social sciences) Security (Psychology) People with social disabilities Attitudes. Poor Attitudes. FO UPD DMLS BF 175.5 D44 J67 2020 Book