num_pages: 384
description: A gripping literary memoir of life inside an extremist political group.Invaluable . . . honest . . . intelligent. --Doris LessingIf you want to know how sensible and educated people can be hooked into a cult run by a psychopath this honest and intelligent book will tell you. It will be invaluable in the effort to expose the mechanisms of cults and sects.Doris LessingThe most gripping inside account of a cult that I have ever read. It is also a literary masterpiece and a classic of autobiographical writing. By the end readers will care passionately about the author her family and the many characters that illuminate these pages. Dr. Dennis Tourish Department of Communication and Management Aberdeen University ScotlandInside Out tells a riveting story of life inside a fringe group of political activists not unlike the SLA and others that emerged from the U.S. Left in the 1970s. With passion insight and wit Stein unravels the mystery of this secretive cult called the O.  a tale made all the more real because of the authors frankness about her own 10-year involvement with the group. The processes of induction and indoctrination and the increasing devotion of O. members who over time are exploited by a corrupt leader come alive in absorbing detail. This book makes a significant contribution to the study of the social psychology of closed groups as well as to our understanding of fanaticism and idealism gone astray  all subjects of compelling importance in this post-9/11 world.Janja Lalich Ph.D. Department of SociologyCalifornia State University Chico
language: English
title: Inside Out: A Memoir of Entering and Breaking Out of a Minneapolis Political Cult
publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform