Description
| Product ID: | 9780367467715 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Terror, Love and Brainwashing |
| Subtitle: | Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems |
| Authors: | Author: Alexandra Stein |
| Page Count: | 302 |
| Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Society and culture: general, Sociology, Social work, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Terrorism, armed struggle, Psychotherapy, Groups and group theory, Society & culture: general, Sociology, Social work, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Terrorism, armed struggle, Psychotherapy, Groups & group theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book explains how people can be radically manipulated by extreme groups and leaders to engage in incomprehensible and often dangerous acts through psychologically isolating situations of extreme social influence. These methods are used in totalitarian states, terrorist groups and cults, as well as in controlling personal relationships. This book explains how people can be radically manipulated by extreme groups and leaders to engage in incomprehensible and often dangerous acts through psychologically isolating situations of extreme social influence. These methods are used in totalitarian states, terrorist groups and cults, as well as in controlling personal relationships. Illustrated with compelling stories from a range of cults and totalitarian systems, Stein''s book defines and analyses the common identifiable traits that underlie these groups, emphasizing the importance of maintaining open yet supportive personal networks. Using original attachment theory-based research this book highlights the dangers of closed, isolating relationships and the closed belief systems that justify them, and demonstrates the psychological impact of these environments, ending with evidence-based recommendations to support an educational approach to awareness and prevention. Featuring a foreword by John Horgan, the new edition has been fully updated to include recent work on political extremism and radicalization and totalitarian systems, as well as the recent highly publicized NXIVM case. Terror, Love and Brainwashing, second edition is essential reading for professionals, policy makers, legal professionals, educators and cult survivors and their families themselves. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-03-18 |
