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100 1  Desmet, Mattias,|eauthor. 
245 14 The psychology of totalitarianism /|cMattias Desmet ; 
       translated by Els Vanbrabant. 
264  1 White River Junction, Vermont :|bChelsea Green Publishing,
       |c2022. 
300    231 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Originally published in Belgium by Pelckmans Publishers in
       2022 as De Psychologie van Totalitarisme. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and 
       index. 
520    "Occasionally, there are books that try to make sense of a
       key moment in history - and become an indispensable guide 
       to the times we live in. This book is one of them. In The 
       Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of
       Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the 
       societal conditions that allow collective psychosis to 
       take hold. By analysing our current global situation and 
       identifying the phenomenon of 'mass formation' - a type of
       collective hypnosis - he illustrates how close we are to 
       repeating totalitarian behaviours within democratic 
       structures. Totalitarianism is not a coincidence and does 
       not form in a vacuum. Desmet explains how it arises from a
       collective psychosis that has followed a predictable 
       script throughout history, its formation gaining strength 
       and speed with each generation - from the Jacobins to the 
       Nazis and Stalinists - in lockstep with technological 
       advances. He demonstrates how governments, mass media and 
       other large, 'mechanised' forces use fear, loneliness and 
       isolation to demoralise populations to exert control, 
       persuading large groups of people to act against their own
       interests, always with destructive results. Building on 
       Hannah Arendt's essential work on totalitarianism, The 
       Origins of Totalitarianism, Desmet offers a sharp critique
       of the cultural 'groupthink' that existed pre-pandemic but
       has steadily and inexorably advanced during the Covid 
       crisis. He cautions against the dangers of our current 
       societal landscape, media consumption and reliance on 
       manipulative technologies and then offers simple solutions
       - both individual and collective - to prevent the willing 
       sacrifice of our freedoms. The Psychology of 
       Totalitarianism describes exactly how, during this 
       extraordinary time of loneliness, free-floating anxiety 
       and fear, we are surrendering our freedoms and giving way 
       to censorship and loss of privacy - driven by a dominant 
       crisis narrative that excludes dissident views and relies 
       on destructive groupthink"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Totalitarianism|xPsychological aspects. 
650  0 Social psychology|xPolitical aspects. 
730 0  Psychologie van totalitarisme.|lEnglish.