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Brainwashing

The Science of Thought Control

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The term 'brainwashing' was first recorded in 1950, but it is an expression of a much older concept: the forcible and full-scale alteration of a person's beliefs. Over the past 50 years the term has crept into popular culture, served as a topic for jokes, frightened the public in media headlines, and slandered innumerable people and institutions. It has also been the subject of learned discussion from many angles: history, sociology, psychology, psychotherapy, and marketing. Despite this variety, to date there has been one angle missing: any serious reference to real brains. Descriptions of how opinions can be changed, whether by persuasion, deceit, or force, have been almost entirely psychological.

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Brainwashing, Kathleen E. Kathleen Eleanor Taylor, Nicholas Loveday

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2004
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Subtítulo
The Science of Thought Control
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
2004
Formato
Tapa dura
Páginas
324
ISBN10
0192804960
ISBN13
9780192804969
Serie
Primera publicación
2004
Título original
Brainwashing, the science of thought control
Calificación
3,55 de 5
Descripción
The term 'brainwashing' was first recorded in 1950, but it is an expression of a much older concept: the forcible and full-scale alteration of a person's beliefs. Over the past 50 years the term has crept into popular culture, served as a topic for jokes, frightened the public in media headlines, and slandered innumerable people and institutions. It has also been the subject of learned discussion from many angles: history, sociology, psychology, psychotherapy, and marketing. Despite this variety, to date there has been one angle missing: any serious reference to real brains. Descriptions of how opinions can be changed, whether by persuasion, deceit, or force, have been almost entirely psychological.