Cults in our midst
By: Margaret Thaler Singer with Janja Lalich ; foreword by Robert Jay Lifton
Contributors: Lalich, Janja
Edition: 1st pbk. ed
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 1996
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: Cults -- Controversial literature; Psychology, Religious; Persuasion (Psychology); United States -- Religion -- 1960-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-363) and index
Table of contents: title: Defining cults; title: Brief history of cults; title: Process of brainwashing, psychological coercion, and thought reform; title: What's wrong with cults?; title: Recruiting new members; title: Physiological persuasion techniques; title: Psychological persuasion techniques; title: Intruding into the workplace; title: Threat of intimidation; title: Rescuing the children; title: Leaving the cult; title: Recovery: coming out of the pseudopersonality