TY - BOOK N2 - Fifty years after Hannah Arendt examined the dynamics of conformity in her seminal account of the Eichmann trial, "Beautiful Souls" explores the flipside of the banality of evil, mapping out what impels ordinary people to defy the sway of authority and convention. The author examines the choices and dilemmas faced when principle collides with loyalty and duty. AB - Fifty years after Hannah Arendt examined the dynamics of conformity in her seminal account of the Eichmann trial, "Beautiful Souls" explores the flipside of the banality of evil, mapping out what impels ordinary people to defy the sway of authority and convention. The author examines the choices and dilemmas faced when principle collides with loyalty and duty. T1 - Beautiful souls :the courage and conscience of ordinary people in extraordinary times / DA - 2013. CY - New York : AU - Press, Eyal. ET - 1st ed. CN - HM1246 CN - HM1246 PB - Picador USA , PP - New York : PY - 2013. N1 - Previously published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012 as: Beautiful souls : saying no, breaking ranks, and heeding the voice of conscience in dark times. ID - 694560 KW - Conformity. KW - Courage. KW - Conscience. SN - 9781250024084 SN - 1250024080 TI - Beautiful souls :the courage and conscience of ordinary people in extraordinary times / ER -