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Autore |
Abgrall Jean-Marie |
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Titolo |
Soul snatchers : the mechanics of cults / / Jean-Marie Abgrall ; translated by Alice Seberry |
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New York, : Algora Pub., c2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-34645-0 |
1-280-34653-1 |
9786610346455 |
9786610346530 |
1-892941-23-6 |
1-892941-38-4 |
1-892941-10-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (310 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cults - Psychology |
Sects - Psychology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Interviews with Paul Bowles, William Styron, Wietske Venema; essays by Cécile Guilbert, Gilles Hertzog, Marc Lambron, Yann Moix, Michel Onfray; and a survey of 36 writers from around the world. |
Originally published in Paris as the 1998 edition of an annual series entitled The Rules of the game ([La Règle du jeu (Paris, France); no 21 (c)]). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Foreword; 1 CULTS AND MENTAL MANIPULATION; 2 CULTS - PAST AND PRESENT; 3. THE GURU; 4. HOW CULTS ARE ORGANIZED; 5. RECRUITMENT; 6. COERCIVE PERSUASION; 7. CONDITIONING; 8. PSYCHIC CONDITIONING; 9. PHYSICAL CONDITIONING; 10. PROVEN METHODS: SCIENTOLOGY; 11. MENTAL PATHOLOGIES PRE-DATING THE CULT; 12. PATHOLOGIES INDUCED BY CULT MANIPULATION; 13. TREATING THE PATHOLOGIES |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Abgrall, a practicing psychiatrist and professional criminologist who won a case against the Scientologists in Europe, has spent 15 years researching cult phenomena. Well organized and readable. This book is recommended for public and academic libraries. |
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