Soul snatchers : the mechanics of cults / / Jean-Marie Abgrall ; translated by Alice Seberry

• Autore: Abgrall Jean-Marie
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Algora Pub., c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 pages)
• Disciplina: 291.9
• Soggetto topico: Cults - Psychology; Sects - Psychology
• Note generali: 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)]).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Soul snatchers
• ISBN: 1-280-34645-0; 1-280-34653-1; 9786610346455; 9786610346530; 1-892941-23-6; 1-892941-38-4; 1-892941-10-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778602903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II