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UNINA9910818138503321 |
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Titolo |
Misunderstanding cults : searching for objectivity in a controversial field / / editors, Benjamin Zablocki, Thomas Robbins |
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Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001 |
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©2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-4875-9844-0 |
9786612028731 |
1-282-02873-1 |
1-4426-7730-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 524 pages) |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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'O truant muse': collaborationism and research integrity / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi -- Balance and fairness in the study of alternative religions / Thomas Robbins -- Caught up in the cult wars: confessions of a Canadian researcher / Susan J. Palmer -- Pitfalls in the sociological study of cults / Janja Lalich -- Towards a demystified and disinterested scientific theory of brainwashing / Benjamin Zablocki -- Tactical ambiguity and brainwashing formulations: science or pseudo science / Dick Anthony -- A tale of two theories: brainwashing and conversion in competing political narratives / David Bromley -- Brainwashing programs in the family/children of God and scientology / Stephen A. Kent -- Raising Lazarus: a methodological critique of Stephen Kent's Revival of the brainwashing model / Lorne L. Dawson -- Compelling evidence: a rejoinder to Lorne Dawson's chapter / Stephen A. Kent -- Child-rearing issues in totalist groups / Amy Siskind -- Contested narratives: a case study of the conflict between a new religious movement and its critics / Julius H. Rubin -- The roots of religious violence in America / Jeffrey Kaplan. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Unique in its breadth, this is the first study of new religious movements |
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