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Susan L Carruthers - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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cold war captives imprisonment escape and Brainwashing
2009Co-Authors: Susan L CarruthersAbstract:List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Between Camps 1. Upper East Side Story: Repatriation, Romance, and Cold War Mobilization 2. Bloc-Busters: The Politics and Pageantry of Escape from the East 3. Stalin's Slaves: The Rise of Gulag Consciousness 4. First Captive in a Hot War: The Case of Robert Vogeler 5. Prisoners of Pavlov: Korean War Captivity and the Brainwashing Scare Epilogue: Returns and Repercussions List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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not just washed but dry cleaned korea and the Brainwashing scare of the 1950s
1999Co-Authors: Susan L CarruthersAbstract:The fear that our thought processes may be infiltrated by external agents, human or extraterrestrial, has permeated postwar popular culture. The ‘Brainwashing’ theme has flourished as Enlightenment confidence in humans as autonomous exercisers of ‘Free Will’ has waned. In the 1950s, the increasing technologization of society, the rise of mass communications media, and particularly the growth of commercial advertising all helped fuel anxiety that individuals were mere cogs in ‘the system’:‘hidden persuaders’ had burrowed under the skin of modern ‘mass society’.1 Terms such as ‘Brainwashing’ gave graphic expression to this ‘loss of confidence in our capacity as individuals to master our world’, as one social scientist wrote in 1959.2
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the manchurian candidate 1962 and the cold war Brainwashing scare
Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, 1998Co-Authors: Susan L CarruthersAbstract:(1998). ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ (1962) and the Cold War Brainwashing scare. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 75-94.
Akira Yamagami - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Brief reactive psychosis induced by sensitivity training: similarities between sensitivity training and Brainwashing situations.
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 1996Co-Authors: Shinji Satoh, Ichiyo Matsuzaki, Eiichi Seno, Maiko Yoshikawa, Takayuki Okada, Akio Nishimura, Takako Konishi, Nobuaki Morita, Akira YamagamiAbstract:Sensitivity training (ST), which originated in the USA during the late 1940s, has been used as part of training seminars in Japanese corporations since the late 1950s. The possibility of negative psychiatric effects of ST, and especially its role in inducing psychiatric symptoms, is yet to be clarified. A case of a 41-year-old male company worker whose brief psychosis was induced by a sensitivity training seminar held by the company he worked for is presented. In reviewing the psychopathology of the case with records from the ST seminar, we found similarities between the patient's ST seminar and Brainwashing situations. Specifically, the patient experienced severe conflict (of thought process) between his Christian beliefs and being labeled a coward at the seminar. We conclude that monitoring of the ST programs is crucial in order to ensure the psychological safety of ST participants in Japan.
Mary Sorochi Otu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the use of women and children in suicide bombing by the boko haram terrorist group in nigeria
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2018Co-Authors: Macpherson Uchenna Nnam, Mercy Chioma Arua, Mary Sorochi OtuAbstract:Abstract Terrorism has taken a new and frightening dimension in Nigeria. The manifestation is the incessant use of women and children in suicide bombing by the Boko Haram terrorist group. Examining this operational shift provided further impetus and insights into understanding the core of the problem. It brought to light the fact that Nigeria is a society where patriarchy holds sway and certain salient socio-political structures (culture, religion, economy and polity) of the society are unjust and unbalanced, thus placing women and children on the receiving end, while men are at advantage. This was elucidated in the predictions of radical feminist and political economy theories, which we combined to explain why and how this particular group is now widely exploited in suicide missions. The rationale behind their used is to beat security networks and carry out their operations with ease and huge success. Because women and children possess and demonstrate less suspicious behaviour and covert criminogenic tendencies, they stand to escape the scrutiny of security personnel. These natural characteristics confound security operatives and thereby prolonging the war on terrorism. However, many women and children who indulge in terror campaigns do that out of ignorance and usually under extreme indoctrination, Brainwashing and manipulations. To remedy the situation, effective and trusted intra and inter-border surveillance/patrol and intergovernmental security partnership using state-of-the-art crime combating appurtenances, and acquisition of analytical skills in counterintelligence and counterterrorism, are highly recommended. Co-ordinated efforts are needed in the area of psychosocial rehabilitation and consequent reintegration, aftercare and follow-up of released or escaped abducted victims who were once forcefully used by this group in attacking their family and community for their reacceptance and to guard against stigmatisation and rejection. Our cultural and national values should be revisited and overhauled by the government and significant others in society for enduring public safety.
James T Richardson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Brainwashing and mental health
Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology#R##N#Encyclopedia of Mental Health (Second Edition), 2016Co-Authors: James T RichardsonAbstract:The entry traces the history of ‘Brainwashing,’ focusing on developments related to Korean War POWs (Prisoners of War) and the communist takeover in China. Use of the term in conflicts over New Religious Movements (NRMs) in America and elsewhere is covered, where participation was defined by some as a mental disorder. Attempts to legitimize the Brainwashing term are discussed, including insertion in the DSM-III but unsuccessfully seeking acceptance of Brainwashing as a mental disorder by the American Psychological Association. Major court decisions involving the term are described, including key cases where such testimony was deemed inadmissible.
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Brainwashing diffusion of a questionable concept in legal systems
International Journal for the Study of New Religions, 2015Co-Authors: Jenny Reichert, James T Richardson, Rebecca ThomasAbstract:The idea that an individual could be manipulated into performing acts “against their will” created a fear of “Brainwashing” and, specifically, new religious movements (NRMs). Courts in the United States initially accepted evidence concerning “Brainwashing” in cases involving NRMs, and subsequently the term has been applied in situations involving other behaviors labeled as deviant both in the U.S. and other societies. This has generated challenges for legal systems despite the inability of Brainwashing-based claims to meet requirements for admissibility as scientific evidence. Brainwashingbased claims have diffused into other areas of the American legal system, including, for example, custody cases involving allegations of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) as well as in cases involving terrorism. This report presents data on how Brainwashing has been treated historically in American legal cases and its current uses within that justice system.
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Brainwashing as forensic evidence
2014Co-Authors: James T RichardsonAbstract:“Brainwashing” is an idea first developed for purposes of propaganda in the conflict between the USA and China after the Communists took over China in the early 1950s. In the 1970s the term gained attention in the then “trial of the century” involving Patty Hearst, and it has since become a common term used against unpopular religious movements. The term is now applied in the legal arena to describe any process of influence that is viewed negatively, such as with participation in New Religious Movements (NRMs), sometimes pejoratively labeled as “cults”. Brainwashing explanations were favored over the idea that youth were rejecting America’s cultural values in favor of strange practices from outside the cultural ambit of America. Brainwashing-based claims surfaced in civil suits against NRMS by former members, and they were effective until some major state and federal court decisions undercut such claims. The vast preponderance of the social and behavioral evidence about participation in NRMs does not support Brainwashing claims, and such claims do not meet standards of rules of evidence (Frye or Daubert). More mundane explanations that involve time-honored theories from sociology and social psychology adequately explain why people choose to participate in NRMs. However, the Brainwashing concept is alive and well within Western (and even Eastern) cultures, and is still being used in various ways within the legal system (such as with Parental Alienation Syndrome), the arguments outlined herein notwithstanding.
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Brainwashing theories in european parliamentary and administrative reports on cults and sects
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2001Co-Authors: James T Richardson, Massimo IntrovigneAbstract:Religious minorities in Europe today are often perceived as a social problem, traditionally thought of as “a condition which is defined by a considerable number of persons as a diversion from some social norm which they cherish” (Fuller & Myers, 1941, p. 22). Recent scholarship suggests that although a social problem’s beginnings are subject to empirical verification, the way they develop and are represented, constructed, or negotiated is the result of complicated social processes (Richardson, 1997).
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cult Brainwashing cases and freedom of religion
Journal of Church and State, 1991Co-Authors: James T RichardsonAbstract:" C u l t cases" have attracted considerable attention from the legal profession, scholars in several disciplines, the media, and the general public in recent years, as different types of legal action have been initiated involving new religions--popularly called cults--as parties. Hundreds of "cult cases" have been filed in courts around the country, concerning issues as varied as solicitation ordinances, tax status of such groups, zoning regulations, and violations of labor laws. Several "cult cases" have reached the United States Supreme Court. 1 A specific "cult'" case which deserves special attention might be caUed the "cult/Brainwashing'" case. This involves tases which allege that a person has been "brainwashed" into joining a group and participating in activities in which the person otherwise would not join, except for the alleged Brainwashing and subsequent "mind control." Such allegations have been made as part of a defense for false imprisonment claims in civil cases (of for criminal charges of kidnapping) sometimes made against parents of participants or their agents, the deprogrammers. 2 Brainwashing allegations are sometimes a part of conser-
Egbeware E Idehen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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proselytizing techniques and inoculation against Brainwashing lessons for psychotherapy
IFE PsychologIA, 2013Co-Authors: Femi M Ilevbare, Oluwatosin E Ilevbare, Egbeware E IdehenAbstract:Proselytization is the activity of inducing someone to convert to ones faith. In same vein, a proselyte is seen as a person who has been converted from one opinion, faith, beliefs, religion or party to another. Though, it has its origin from historical perspective of a Gentile who was considering conversion to Judaism. In modern times, there have been several attempts to covert people to a different point of view and beliefs through Brainwashing. In Nigeria, the politicians and military have used psychic duress to alter people political or moral convictions to convert “settle” them. For the purpose of this paper, proselytizing techniques is conceptualized as the management and direction of human beings by a clever use of their desires, wishes, beliefs, value and attitudes in order to control and manipulate them for scientific, social, religious and political ends. Therefore, this paper examines proselytizing technique and the need to develop inoculation against Brainwashing. The paper concluded that psychotherapy should not be created to persuade or proselytize people but rather it can intervene without being divisive, giving priority to sole preserve of psychotherapy which addresses the soul without capturing it and lastly people should be allowed their own destiny accordable to their own creative insights in life.
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proselytizing techniques and inoculation against Brainwashing lessons for psychotherapy ethical issues in clinical psychology
IFE Psychologia: An International Journal, 2013Co-Authors: Femi M Ilevbare, Oluwatosin E Ilevbare, Egbeware E IdehenAbstract:Proselytization is the activity of inducing someone to convert to ones faith. In same vein, a proselyte is seen as a person who has been converted from one opinion, faith, beliefs, religion or party to another. Though, it has its origin from historical perspective of a Gentile who was considering conversion to Judaism. In modern times, there have been several attempts to covert people to a different point of view and beliefs through Brainwashing. In Nigeria, the politicians and military have used psychic duress to alter people political or moral convictions to convert "settle" them. For the purpose of this paper, proselytizing techniques is conceptualized as the management and direction of human beings by a clever use of their desires, wishes, beliefs, value and attitudes in order to control and manipulate them for scientific, social, religious and political ends. Therefore, this paper examines proselytizing technique and the need to develop inoculation against Brainwashing. The paper concluded that psychotherapy should not be created to persuade or proselytize people but rather it can intervene without being divisive, giving priority to sole preserve of psychotherapy which addresses the soul without capturing it and lastly people should be allowed their own destiny accordable to their own creative insights in life.