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Psychiatrist

Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist renowned for his research on psychological trauma, memory, and identity. His studies on concentration camp survivors after World War II led to the concept of psychological trauma and had a profound impact on psychotherapy and mental health.

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“this is the way of the Communists - using good words to do bad things”

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Book:Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China

Source: Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China

“...when he witnessed his first struggle (against another prisoner) - during which the cell chief urged everyone to "help" the man under fire - he thought to himself: "So this is the way of the Communists - using good words to do bad things”

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Book:Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China

Source: Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China

“He summed up his admiration-tinged condemnation of the Communists in the simple statement: "They lie so truly.”

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Book:Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China

Source: Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China

“And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong Kong for another year and a half, interviewing people coming out of China, both Westerners and Chinese. And that was my first real research study on thought reform or so-called brainwashing.”

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Author:Robert Jay Lifton

About the Author

Born: May 16, 1926
Known for: Psychiatrist
Quotes: 44

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