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Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism

Robert Jay Lifton
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      Informed by Erik Erikson's concept of the formation of ego identity, this book, which first appreared in 1961, is an analysis of the experiences of fifteen Chinese citizens and twenty-five Westerners who underwent ""brainwashing"" by the Communist Chinese government. Robert Lifton constructs these case histories through personal interviews and outlines a thematic pattern of death and rebirth, accompanied by feelings of guilt, that characterizes the process of ""thought reform."" In a new preface, Lifton addresses the implications of his model for the study of American religious cults.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Robert Jay Lifton EAN: 9780807842539 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 612 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of North Carolina Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1989-07-31 CITY: GENRE: PSYCHOLOGY / General, SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Asian history

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      Robert Jay Lifton is lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima and The Nazi Doctors.
      Informed by Erik Erikson's concept of the formation of ego identity, this book, which first appreared in 1961, is an analysis of the experiences of fifteen Chinese citizens and twenty-five Westerners who underwent ""brainwashing"" by the Communist Chinese government. Robert Lifton constructs these case histories through personal interviews and outlines a thematic pattern of death and rebirth, accompanied by feelings of guilt, that characterizes the process of ""thought reform."" In a new preface, Lifton addresses the implications of his model for the study of American religious cults.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Robert Jay Lifton EAN: 9780807842539 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 612 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of North Carolina Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1989-07-31 CITY: GENRE: PSYCHOLOGY / General, SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Asian history

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      Robert Jay Lifton is lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima and The Nazi Doctors.

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