Defiance: Why Are Some People More Defiant than Others?

反抗:为什么有些人比其他人更反抗?

The Forum

社会与文化

2016-07-04

40 分钟
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Acts of defiance small or large have proved to be incredibly powerful throughout history, but when does defiance spill into aggression? Bridget Kendall asks the employment lawyer Lewis Maltby, the theatre director Olivier Py and the psychopathologist Dr Luna Muñoz Centifanti. (Photo: Historic Marker at the bus stop in Alabama, USA, where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. Credit: Getty Images)
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  • It was a small act of defiance,

  • but Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955 changed US history.

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  • But why are some people more defiant than others?

  • And when is defiance a bold resistance to authority?

  • And when is it a sign of disregard or contempt?

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  • The French playwright and theatre director, Olivier P.,

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