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Author Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926- author.

Title Losing reality : on cults, cultism, and the mindset of political and religious zealotry / Robert Jay Lifton.

Publication Info. New York : The New Press, 2019.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1972710~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  303.372 LIF    AVAILABLE
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Description 210 pages ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.
Contents Chinese communist thought reform -- Revolutionary immortality -- Ideological totalism-the "eight deadly sins" -- On cultism and the larger society -- Aum Shinriky -- Nazi doctors -- Trump -- The apocalyptic twins: nuclear and climate threats -- The protean alternative -- Regaining reality.
Summary "A definitive account of the psychology of zealotry, from a National Book Award winner and a leading authority on the nature of cults, political absolutism, and mind control"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Fanaticism.
Brainwashing.
Cults.
Religion and politics.
ISBN 9781620974995 (hardcover)
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