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Bounded choice : true believers and charismatic cults / Janja Lalich

Lalich, Janja,i1945- [Verfasser]

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 329 pages) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-315) and index

978-0-520-93751-2 ; 0-520-93751-1 ; 0-520-23194-5 ; 978-0-520-23194-8 ; 0-520-24018-9 ; 978-0-520-24018-6 ; 1-4175-4524-0 ; 978-1-4175-4524-7 ; 0-520-23194-5

It is easy to portray the members of cults as vunerable, needy people who cannot think for themselves. In this comparative study of the Heaven's Gate cult and the Democratic Workers Party, Janja Lalich offers a more complex and disturbing assessment of 'cult mentality'.