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Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults is an non-fiction by Steven Hassan. The author describes theories of mind control and cults using the research of Margaret Singer and Robert Lifton as well as the cognitive dissonance theory of Leon Festinger. The book was published by Park Street Press, in 1990. Steve Hassan Steven Alan Hassan is an anti-cult activist and director of the Center for Freedom of Mind. ...
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Steve Hassan Steven Alan Hassan is an anti-cult activist and director of the Center for Freedom of Mind. ...
Mind control (or thought control) has the premise that an outside source can control an individuals thinking, behavior or consciousness (either directly or more subtly). ...
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Margaret Thaler Singer (1921 - 2003) was a clinical psychologist and emeritus professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Dr. Singer was born in Denver and received her bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Denver. ...
Robert Jay Lifton (born May 16, 1926) is a prominent American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence. ...
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| | One is impressed by Hassan's candor in describing his experiences both within the Unification Church and after his departure from it, especially his work as an exit counselor. Beyond its value as an illuminating personal account, this book is an informative and practical guide to cult-related issues. It is recommended both to lay persons who wish to become better informed on this topic and to professionals in health-related fields, clergy, attorneys, judges, and others whose responsibilities bring them into contact with cults, their members, and the families whose lives are affected. - (Louis Jolyon West, American Journal of Psychiatry)[1] | | The medical journal The Lancet also published favorable reviews of the book.[2] The book was well received by other authors on the subject, such as Dr. Margaret Singer, Rabbi James A. Rudin and conservative Rabbi and theologian Harold S. Kushner. Image File history File links Cquote1. ...
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Margaret Thaler Singer (1921 - 2003) was a clinical psychologist and emeritus professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Dr. Singer was born in Denver and received her bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Denver. ...
The book, originally published in 1988, is still in print, and according to the author's website, it has been re-published in 7 different languages[3]. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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John B. Brown of the "Pagan Unity Campaign" has criticized that page 114 of the book reads, "Forcible intervention can be kept as a last resort if all other attempts fail," indicating that Hassan might resort to a forcible intervention if all other attempts fail. [4] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require rewriting and/or reformatting. ...
According to Douglas Cowan, in this book Hassan utilizies a language opposing "freedom" and "captivity", based on the conceptual framework of brainwashing and thought control, and the alleged abuses of civil liberities and human rights. He writes that these are the precipitating motivation for secular anticultists such as Hassan. [5] Douglas E. Cowan Ph. ...
Irving Hexham, professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, writes that Hassan's description of destructive cults (page 37), as "a group which violates the rights of its members and damages them through the abusive techniques of unethical mind control" is not helpful as he fails to describe how to decide if a group is a cult or not, what are "abusive techniques" and what is "mind control".[6] Irving Hexham (April 14, 1943) is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ...
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References and footnotes - ^ West, Louis Jolyon, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry. 147:7 July 1990.
- ^ Reviews
- ^ Presskit, Freedom of Mind, Steven Hassan, 2006
- ^ Jehovah's Witnesses and the Anticult Movement: Human Rights Issues, John B. BROWN, presented at CESNUR 2006 International Conference
- ^ Cowan, Douglas E. Bearing False Witness?: An Introduction to the Christian Countercult, pp.22-3, Praeger/Greenwood (2003), ISBN 0-275-97459-6
- ^ Hexham, Irving and Poewe, Karla, New Religions as Global Cultures: Making the Human Sacred, pp.27, Westview Press (1997), ISBN 0-813-32508-0. "In his book Combatting Cult Mind Control, Steven Hassan says a "destructive cult . . . is a group which violates the rights of its members and damages them through the abusive techniques of unethical mind control" ( Hassan 1990: 37 ).The problem with definitions like this is that they raise more problems than they solve. Before we can decide whether a group is a cult or not, we must first define "rights," "abusive techniques," and "mind control." Hassan attempts to do this, but his explanations are not very helpful.
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Steve Hassan Steven Alan Hassan is an anti-cult activist and director of the Center for Freedom of Mind. ...
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External Links - Book reviews
- The Mind Control Hypothesis, in-depth discussion of the work, 1999, John Engle
- Detailed review, The Lancet, Britain
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