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Thought, Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
Robert Jay Lifton
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Paperback. Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China Num Pages: 510 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
Number of Pages
524
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807842539
SKU
V9780807842539
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About Robert Jay Lifton
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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