| Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China Contributor(s): Lifton, Robert Jay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807842532 ISBN-13: 9780807842539 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Motivational & Inspirational - Psychology |
| Dewey: 153.853 |
| LCCN: 88-40534 |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 5.54" W x 8.49" (1.44 lbs) 524 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lifton, Robert Jay: - Robert Jay Lifton is lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima and The Nazi Doctors. |