We bear witness to loneliness, free-floating anxiety, and fear giving way to censorship, loss of privacy, and surrendered freedoms. It is all spurred by a singular, focused crisis narrative that forbids dissident views and relies on destructive groupthink. Totalitarianism is not a coincidence and does not form in a vacuum. It arises from a collective psychosis that has followed a predictable script throughout history, its formation gaining strength and speed with each generation?from the Jacobins to the Nazis and Stalinists?as technology advances. Governments, mass media, and other mechanized forces use fear, loneliness, and isolation to demoralize populations and exert control, persuading large groups of people to act against their own interests, always with destructive results. In The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow this collective psychosis to take hold. By looking at our current situation and identifying the phenomenon of “mass formation”?a type of collective hypnosis?he clearly illustrates how close we are to surrendering to totalitarian regimes.
© 2022 Chelsea Green (Ljudbok): 9781666609394
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 16 juni 2022
We bear witness to loneliness, free-floating anxiety, and fear giving way to censorship, loss of privacy, and surrendered freedoms. It is all spurred by a singular, focused crisis narrative that forbids dissident views and relies on destructive groupthink. Totalitarianism is not a coincidence and does not form in a vacuum. It arises from a collective psychosis that has followed a predictable script throughout history, its formation gaining strength and speed with each generation?from the Jacobins to the Nazis and Stalinists?as technology advances. Governments, mass media, and other mechanized forces use fear, loneliness, and isolation to demoralize populations and exert control, persuading large groups of people to act against their own interests, always with destructive results. In The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow this collective psychosis to take hold. By looking at our current situation and identifying the phenomenon of “mass formation”?a type of collective hypnosis?he clearly illustrates how close we are to surrendering to totalitarian regimes.
© 2022 Chelsea Green (Ljudbok): 9781666609394
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 16 juni 2022
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6 juni 2023
"Religionen börjar med Gud och vetenskapen slutar med Gud." Intressant, om än, ibland, lite långsökta slutsatser. Och psykologer som tolkar kvantteori får det inte alltid rätt. Men vad vet jag, jag är inte heller kvantfysiker.
Kris
28 feb. 2023
Författaren använder teorier om masspsykos för att raljera över människors beteende under Covid 19-pandemin. Det är synd, eftersom totalitarism, gruppsykologi och pandemin är viktiga ämnen som bör hanteras seriöst.Författaren gillar uppenbart inte hur pandemin hanterats. Bättre då att ge saklig kritik av detta - inte utmåla meningsmotståndarna som vilseledda genom masshypnos. Det finns bättre resurser för den som vill lära sig om gruppsykologi och totalitarism.
Simon
26 feb. 2024
Coronaepidemin används för att visa på rationalismens tillkortakommanden. Mycket intressant!
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