Fear, love and propaganda: mechanisms of influence in sects and totalitarian systems. Stein A.

The social psychologist Alexander Stein spent 10 years in the sect, but was able to free herself from her influence and became one of the leading specialists in the world on the mechanisms of the influence of destructive communities. Her book, which has become the result of a long -term study, describes the mechanisms of attachment, with the help of which the sect and totalitarian regimes control the consciousness of people.

Stein tells in detail how social isolation and psychological pressure gradually transform the personality of a person, leading to blind obedience And readiness to act against your will and interests. The author in numerous examples shows how love and fear become tools for control and submission.

An important part of this book - chapters on strategies for protecting personal freedom and dignity, developed with the personal experience of people who have undergone psychological manipulation. << /p>