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020			_a9780674244658 (hb)
082			_a303.372 _bJOS
100			_aJost, John T. _99857
245			_aA theory of system justification
260			_aCambridge _bHarvard University Press _c2020
300			_axiii, 385p.
500			_ahttps://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674244658
520			_a"A leading psychologist explains why nearly all of us—including many of those who are persecuted and powerless—so often defend the social systems that cause misery and injustice. Why do we so often defend the very social systems that are responsible for injustice and exploitation? In A Theory of System Justification, John Jost argues that we are motivated to defend the status quo because doing so serves fundamental psychological needs for certainty, security, and social acceptance. We want to feel good not only about ourselves and the groups to which we belong, but also about the overarching social structure in which we live, even when it hurts others and ourselves."
650			_a Social Justice _94877
650			_aOppression (Psychology) _99858
650			_aJustification Theory _99859
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