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  • Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism

  • A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China
  • Written by: Robert Jay Lifton
  • Narrated by: Bobby Brill
  • Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins

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Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism

Written by: Robert Jay Lifton
Narrated by: Bobby Brill
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Publisher's Summary

Informed by Erik Erikson's concept of the formation of ego identity, this book, which first appeared in 1961, is an analysis of the experiences of 15 Chinese citizens and 25 Westerners who underwent "brainwashing" by the Communist Chinese government. Robert Lifton constructs these case histories through personal interviews and outlines a thematic pattern of death and rebirth, accompanied by feelings of guilt, that characterizes the process of "thought reform."

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