02683nam 2200625 a 450 991077860290332120230511215137.01-280-34645-01-280-34653-1978661034645597866103465301-892941-23-61-892941-38-41-892941-10-4(CKB)111004365853238(EBL)318606(OCoLC)476113745(SSID)ssj0000780133(PQKBManifestationID)11491658(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780133(PQKBWorkID)10785010(PQKB)10152603(MiAaPQ)EBC318612(MiAaPQ)EBC318606(Au-PeEL)EBL318606(CaPaEBR)ebr10476784(EXLCZ)9911100436585323819990802d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSoul snatchers the mechanics of cults /Jean-Marie Abgrall ; translated by Alice SeberryNew York Algora Pub.c20001 online resource (310 pages)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)]).1-892941-04-X Includes bibliographical references.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 PATHOLOGIESAbgrall, 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.CultsPsychologySectsPsychologyCultsPsychology.SectsPsychology.291.9Abgrall Jean-Marie1477323MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778602903321Soul snatchers3692453UNINA