Cults: Useful resources (continued)

“Robert Jay Lifton (born May 16, 1926) is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jay_Lifton

Dr. Lifton wrote the foreword to Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer’s book ‘Cults In Our Midst.’ Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer wrote the foreword to Steven Hassan’s book “Combatting Mind Control.” 

 

Dr. Robert J Lifton’s Eight Criteria For Thought Reform http://www.csj.org/studyindex/studymindctr/study_mindctr_lifton.htm

Videos: Dr. Robert J. Lifton On Destructive Cults http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yDoPD5GeCE

Robert Lifton Speaks at Conference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwQO3GsCgY4

Robert Jay Lifton interviewed by Steven Hassan on July 13^th 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sauEbGgCZZU 

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