Joel E Dimsdale / Dark Persuasion History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social

Description: Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media Author: Joel E. Dimsdale Title: Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media Publication: Yale University Press, 2021 Description: Hardcover. New tightly bound hardcover in a new dust jacket. 8vo. (6.25 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. includes author's notes, index, and B&W photographs. 304 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New / New. A "highly readable and compelling" account (Science) of brainwashing's pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries "Riveting. . . . Dimsdale . . . shows how the art of dark persuasion a generation ago led almost inevitably to today's misinformation, cyberbullying and cultlike behavior on the Internet."--Dina Temple-Raston, Washington Post This gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically supported by Lenin and Stalin, setting the stage for major breakthroughs in tools for social, political, and religious control. Tracing these developments through many of the past century's major conflagrations, Dimsdale narrates how when World War II erupted, governments secretly raced to develop drugs for interrogation. Brainwashing returned to the spotlight during the Cold War in the hands of the North Koreans and Chinese. In response, a huge Manhattan Project of the Mind was established to study memory obliteration, indoctrination during sleep, and hallucinogens. Cults used the techniques as well. Nobel laureates, university academics, intelligence operatives, criminals, and clerics all populate this shattering and dark story--one that hasn't yet ended. Seller ID: 100226 Subject: Media, Psychology, Social Issues , Social Science The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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