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  • Terror, Love and Brainwashing

  • Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
  • By: Alexandra Stein
  • Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
  • Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)
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Summary

Written by a cult survivor and renowned expert on cults and totalitarianism, Terror, Love and Brainwashing draws on the author's 25 years of study and research to explain how almost anyone, given the right set of circumstances, can be radically manipulated to engage in otherwise incomprehensible and often dangerous acts.

Illustrated with compelling stories from a range of cults and totalitarian systems, from religious to political to commercial, the book defines and analyzes the common and identifiable traits that underlie almost all these groups. It focuses on how charismatic, authoritarian leaders control their followers' attachment relationships via manipulative social structures and ideologies so that, emotionally and cognitively isolated, they become unable to act in their own survival interests. Using the evolutionary theory of attachment to demonstrate the psychological impact of these environments, and incorporating the latest neuroscientific findings, Stein illustrates how the combined dynamic of terror and "love" works to break down people's ability to think and behave rationally.

This important book offers clarity and a unique perspective on the dynamics of these systems of control and concludes with guidance to foster greater awareness and prevention.

©2017 Alexandra Stein (P)2020 Tantor

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Excellent book, but the narrator is really slooow.

A really Interesting book, with first and second hand accounts of cult coercion and manipulation. A little repetitive in places but contextually relevant. The narrator was so slow though. I ran the book at 1.25x and that was a more appropriate speed. still recommend the book though.

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EXCUSES

Couldn't get through it, all I could hear is excuses and justifications
None of the claims made that sympathise with those who join cults are backed by science and labeling Richard Dawkins a militant atheist is all anyone needs to know... Hard pass for me and this will be the first time I've opted to stop reading/listening to a whole book

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