Thought reform and the psychology of totalism : a study of "brainwashing" in China /
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 const...
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
1989, ©1961.
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Table of 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.