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Resource Guide
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Thought
Reform and The Psychology of Totalism
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Psychological Manipulation, cult groups,
sects, and new religious movements
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Books:
Thought Reform And the Psychology of Totalism

Thought Reform and the
Psychology of Totalism
Robert J. Lifton. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1961.
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
is the classic work that describes Dr. Robert J. Liftons
work with Korean-War POWs and Chinese civilians subjected to thought reform programs in
the early 1950s. Dr. Liftons analysis of the eight themes
of totalism has helped countless ex-members better understand their experiences. A new
paperback edition was recently published.
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