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Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of Brainwashing in China

By Robert Jay Lifton

Book information

Publisher
University of N. Carolina Press
Year
1989
ISBN
0807842532, 9780807842539
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (25760259 bytes)
Pages
528\525
Time added
2012-12-08 17:11:45

Description

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.

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