Dark persuasion : a history of brainwashing from Pavlov to social media /

"This gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically supported by Lenin and Stalin, setting the stage for ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dimsdale, Joel E., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Brainwashing > History.
Control (Psychology)
Social control.
Power, Psychological
Social Control, Formal
Lavage de cerveau > Histoire.
Contrôle (Psychologie)
Contrôle social.
PSYCHOLOGY > History.
Brainwashing
Social control
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Before Pavlov
  • Part I. Government and Academe. 2. Pavlov's Dogs and the Soviet Show Trials ; 3. Extracting Information with Drugs : The Military's Quest in World War II ; 4. A Cold War Prelude to Korea ; 5. The Korean War and the Birth of Brainwashing ; 6. The CIA Strikes Back : Dead Bodies ; 7. Dead Memories : The Canadian Legacy of Ewen Cameron
  • Part II. Criminals and Religious Groups. 8. Flash Conversion of Hostages : Stockholm Syndrome and Its Variants ; 9. Patricia Hearst : Where Stockholm Met Indoctrination ; 10. From Racial Harmony to Death in the Jungle ; 11. Heaven's Gate : Beliefs or Delusions
  • Part III. Into the Twenty- First Century. 12. The Beleaguered Persistence of Brainwashing ; 13. The Future of Brainwashing in Neuroscience and Social Media
  • Afterword.

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