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Battle
for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing
by William Walters Sargant
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Book Description
How can an evangelist convert a hardboiled sophisticate? Why does a POW sign a
"confession" that he knows is false? How is a criminal pressured into admitting
his guilt? Do the evangelist, the POW's captor, and the policeman use similar
methods to gain their ends? These and other compelling questions are discussed
in the definitive work by William Sargant, who for many years until his death in
1988 was a leading physician in psychological medicine. Sargant spells out and
illustrates the basic techniques used by evangelists, psychiatrists, and
brain-washers to disperse the patterns of belief and behavior already
established in the minds of their hearers, and to substitute new patterns for
them.
About the Author
Charles Swencionis, Ph.D. teaches at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York.
Excerpted from Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and
Brainwashing by William Walters Sargant, William Sargent. Copyright © 1997.
Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
"This mechanism holds the possibility of explaining and understanding much of
how people suddenly change direction in life, and some of the strangest
religious and spiritual behavior ever described among human beings. Perhaps most
important, understanding it can give us insight into the formation of social
bonds, the development of gangs and groups, and allow us to make more informed
choices as individuals, as a society, and as a culture, how we want our own
groups to develop." Charles Swencionis, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of
Medicine from the Foreword .
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