Thought reform and the psychology of totalism:

Thought reform and the psychology of totalism: a study of "brainwashing" in China Lifton, Robert Jay Additional Author mixed material bibliography North Carolina University of North Carolina Press 1989, c1961 monographic en English xiv, 510 p. ; 22 cm. 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. China 153.85309510807842532 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 153.8530951 Lif t E07004505 Non Fiction 153.8530951 Lif t s-l1200.jpg 1476 1989-02-28 00:00:00 2024-09-14 08:10:40 machine generated