Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control - Hardcover

Taylor, Kathleen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192804960 ISBN 13: 9780192804969

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

The term 'brainwashing' was first recorded in 1950, but it is an expression of a much older concept: the forcible and full-scale alteration of a person's beliefs. Over the past 50 years the term has crept into popular culture, served as a topic for jokes, frightened the public in media headlines, and slandered innumerable people and institutions. It has also been the subject of learned discussion from many angles: history, sociology, psychology, psychotherapy, and marketing. Despite this variety, to date there has been one angle missing: any serious reference to real brains. Descriptions of how opinions can be changed, whether by persuasion, deceit, or force, have been almost entirely psychological.

About this title

About the Author:

Kathleen Taylor is a research scientist in the physiology department, Oxford University. In 2003 she won first prize in both the THES/OUP Science Essay competition and the THES Humanities and Social Sciences Writing Prize.

Review:

"...a fascinating book whose content tends to linger long after you have put it down. Definitely a must-read for those in the social psychology field and all other psychologists interested in this area." --Doody's

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0192804960
• ISBN 13: 9780192804969
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336