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Autore: | Lifton Robert Jay <1926-> |
Titolo: | Thought reform and the psychology of totalism : a study of "brainwashing" in China / / Robert Jay Lifton |
Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 1989, c1961 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (525 p.) |
Disciplina: | 153.8/53/0951 |
Soggetto topico: | Brainwashing - China |
Communism - China | |
Totalitarianism - China | |
Soggetto geografico: | China History 20th century |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
PART THREE: Thought Reform of Chinese Intellectuals13. The Encounter; 14. The Revolutionary University: Mr. Hu; 15. A Chinese Odyssey; 16. The Older Generation: Robert Chao; 17. George Chen: The Conversions of Youth; 18. Grace Wu: Music and Reform; 19. Cultural Perspectives: The Fate of Filial Piety; 20. Cultural Perspectives: Origins; 21. Cultural Perspectives: Impact; PART FOUR: Totalism and Its Alternatives; 22. Ideological Totalism; 23. Approaches to Re-education; 24. ""Open"" Personal Change; Appendix: A Confession Document; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T | |
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Sommario/riassunto: | 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 cults. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Thought reform and the psychology of totalism |
ISBN: | 979-88-908813-4-2 |
0-8078-8288-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828520403321 |
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