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Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control

By Kathleen Taylor

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2006
ISBN
0199204780, 9780199204786, 9780191514050
Open Library ID
OL7402972M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5167292 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
336\337
Library
Great Science Textbooks DVD Library 2007
Time added
2009-10-26 09:21:54

Description

The term 'brainwashing' was first recorded in 1950, but it is an expression of a much older concept: the forcible and full-scale alteration of a person's beliefs. Over the past 50 years the term has crept into popular culture, served as a topic for jokes, frightened the public in media headlines, and slandered innumerable people and institutions. It has also been the subject of learned discussion from many angles: history, sociology, psychology, psychotherapy, and marketing. Despite this variety, to date there has been one angle missing: any serious reference to real brains. Descriptions of how opinions can be changed, whether by persuasion, deceit, or force, have been almost entirely psychological.

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