Overview
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. We Weren't There by Choice: Meeting Our Narrators -- 2. The Transcendent Belief System: Purity, Perfection, and the Eradication of Individuality -- 3. Charismatic Authority: Exhilarating Vision, Electrifying Charisma, and Total Domination -- 4. Systems of Control: Official Rules, Formal Structures, and Webs of Authority -- 5. Systems of Influence: Social Pressures, Rigid Expectations, and Constant Manipulation -- 6. Landing on Mars: Finding Their Way in an Alien World -- 7. Surviving and Thriving: Trauma, Resilience, and Integration -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Research Methodology -- Appendix B: Print and Multi-Media Resources -- Appendix C: Cult Information and Resource Websites -- Appendix D: Influence Methods that Support a Behavioral-Control System -- References -- Index
- | Author: Janja Lalich, Karla McLaren
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 176 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1138239747
- | ISBN-13: 9781138239746
