Bøger af Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo

The Rape of the Mind by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo is a thought-provoking book that delves into the psychology of thought control, menticide, and brainwashing. The author, a renowned psychiatrist, explores the various ways in which individuals and groups can be manipulated and controlled through psychological techniques. He examines the historical and cultural contexts in which these techniques have been used, including during times of war, political oppression, and religious extremism. Meerloo also provides insights into the ways in which individuals can resist and overcome these forms of control, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking and individual agency. The book is a powerful and thought-provoking examination of the nature of human psychology and the ways in which it can be manipulated and controlled. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the psychology of power and control, and for those seeking to better understand the complex dynamics of human behavior.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

In 1933 Meerloo began to study the methods by which systematic mental pressure brings people to abject submission, and by which totalitarians imprint their subjective "truth" on their victims' minds. In "The Rape of the Mind" he goes far beyond the direct military implications of mental torture to describing how our own culture unobtrusively shows symptoms of pressurizing people's minds. He presents a systematic analysis of the methods of brainwashing and mental torture and coercion, and shows how totalitarian strategy, with its use of mass psychology, leads to systematized "rape of the mind." He describes the new age of cold war with its mental terror, verbocracy, and semantic fog, the use of fear as a tool of mass submission and the problem of treason and loyalty, so loaded with dangerous confusion. The "Rape of the Mind" is written for the interested layman, not only for experts and scientists.