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

Robert Jay Lifton

2022 Hardcover Reprint of 1961 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Lifton's research for the book began in 1953 with a series of interviews with American servicemen who had been held captive during the Korean War. In addition to intervie...

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He cited this seminal 1961 work as a key influence on his understanding of cult psychology.

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And it was, I credit Robert J. Lifton, who wrote the seminal book called Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, which came out in 1961.

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He cited this seminal 1961 work as a key influence on his understanding of cult psychology.

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And it was, I credit Robert J. Lifton, who wrote the seminal book called Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, which came out in 1961.

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