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Combatting Cult Mind Control
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Product Description
A former cult member, now a counselor helping those affected by destructive cults, Hassan exposes the troubling facts about cults' recruitment, their use of psychological manipulation, and their often subtle influence on government, the legal system, and society as a whole.
This updated paperback edition includes a new preface by the author and an expanded bibliography and resource list. Product Details
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Format:
Paperback
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Number of pages:
256
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Publisher:
Park Street Press
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ISBN:
0892813113
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Country of Origin:
United States
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Binding:
Glue
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Full Title:
Combatting Cult Mind Control
- Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15 mm
- Weight: 0.420 kg
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Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!], Thursday 03 July, 2003
Reviewer: Richard Ballard from , United States
Steven Hassan was recruited from college into the Unification Church ('the Moonies'). Mr. Hassan was a Moonie for over two years, during which time he rose from recruit to Unification Church Manhattan NY main lecturer and Unification Church national headquarters assistant director. Then Mr. Hassan's family had him 'forcibly deprogrammed' while he was convalescing from a bad automobile accident. After much emotional resistance Mr. Hassan's Unification Church belief faltered and he regained the rational detachment required to view his experiences objectively. Mr. Hassan grew to despise the abusive mind control techniques he had *experienced and used* as a Unification Church member and leader -- he now describes the Unification Church as a 'destructive cult'. Mr. Hassan returned to college to study psychology, then developed his own 'exit counseling' techniques that rely on discussion rather than anxiety-creating confrontation to break a destructive cult's hold upon its members.
Mr. Hassan's powerfully-written text first describes his experience as a destructive cult's member and leader, then describes his extensive experience as an exit counselor helping members of many destructive cults. Mr. Hassan describes how destructive cults attract, recruit, isolate and control their members, rewarding attitudes and behaviors approved by cult leaders and punishing attitudes and behaviors not approved by cult leaders. Cult members' lives revolve around this programmed reward and punishment, an environment that quickly confuses and forces cult members into obedience.
"Combatting CULT MIND CONTROL" is suitable both for social workers getting their first exposure to destructive cults, and also for concerned family members trying to understand what their loved one is experiencing as a cult member.
Since Mr. Hassan's text was written in 1990 the United States domestic economy and tax revenues have shrunk significantly -- the 'social safety net' has frayed while sexually transmitted diseases have spread. At the same time un(der)employment has broken many lower- and middle-class families' marriages and credit resources. Were Mr. Hassan to revise his text today, I believe he would discuss how cults are exploiting these new classes of homeless and 'near homeless' people.
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