Format:
1 online resource (525 pages)
ISBN:
9780807882887
Content:
Informed by Erik Erikson's concept of the formation of ego identity, this book, which first appreared in 1961, is an analysis of the experiences of fifteen Chinese citizens and twenty-five 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." In a new preface, Lifton addresses the implications of his model for the study of American religious cults.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the University of North Carolina Press Edition -- Preface -- PART ONE: The Problem -- 1. What Is "Brainwashing"? -- 2. Research in Hong Kong -- PART TWO: Prison Thought Reform of Westerners -- 3. Re-education: Dr. Vincent -- 4. Father Luca: The False Confession -- 5. Psychological Steps -- 6. Varieties of Response: The Obviously Confused -- 7. Varieties of Response: Apparent Converts -- 8. Varieties of Response: Apparent Resisters -- 9. Group Reform: Double-edged Leadership -- 10. Follow-up Visits -- 11. Father Simon: The Converted Jesuit -- 12. Recovery and Renewal: A Summing Up -- PART THREE: Thought Reform of Chinese Intellectuals -- 13. The Encounter -- 14. The Revolutionary University: Mr. Hu -- 15. A Chinese Odyssey -- 16. The Older Generation: Robert Chao -- 17. George Chen: The Conversions of Youth -- 18. Grace Wu: Music and Reform -- 19. Cultural Perspectives: The Fate of Filial Piety -- 20. Cultural Perspectives: Origins -- 21. Cultural Perspectives: Impact -- PART FOUR: Totalism and Its Alternatives -- 22. Ideological Totalism -- 23. Approaches to Re-education -- 24. "Open" Personal Change -- Appendix: A Confession Document -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807842539
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780807842539
Language:
English
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