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Dark Persuasion - A History of Brainwashing From Pavlov to Social Media

English · Hardback

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This gripping history traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. Nobel laureates, university academics, intelligence operatives, criminals, cult leaders, and clerics all populate this shattering and dark story?one that hasn't yet ended.

About the author










Joel E. Dimsdale is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at University of California, San Diego. He consults widely to government agencies and is the author of numerous other works, including Anatomy of Malice: The Enigma of the Nazi War Criminals. He lives in San Diego, CA.

Product details

Authors Joel E Dimsdale, Joel E. Dimsdale
Publisher Yale University Press Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.09.2021
 
EAN 9780300247176
ISBN 978-0-300-24717-6
No. of pages 304
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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