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Author Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926-

Title Thought reform and the psychology of totalism : a study of "brainwashing" in China / Robert Jay Lifton.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
©1961

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 510 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Preface to the University of North Carolina Press Edition; Preface; PART ONE: The Problem; 1. What Is "Brainwashing"?; 2. Research in Hong Kong; PART TWO: Prison Thought Reform of Westerners; 3. Re-education: Dr. Vincent; 4. Father Luca: The False Confession; 5. Psychological Steps; 6. Varieties of Response: The Obviously Confused; 7. Varieties of Response: Apparent Converts; 8. Varieties of Response: Apparent Resisters; 9. Group Reform: Double-edged Leadership; 10. Follow-up Visits; 11. Father Simon: The Converted Jesuit; 12. Recovery and Renewal: A Summing Up.
Summary 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.
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Subject Brainwashing -- China.
Brainwashing.
China.
Communism -- China.
Communism.
Totalitarianism.
Totalitarianism.
China -- History -- 20th century.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926- Thought reform and the psychology of totalism. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1989, ©1961 (DLC) 88040534
ISBN 9780807882887 (electronic book)
0807882887 (electronic book)
0807842532
9780807842539