Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: Teacups and flying saucers -- Section A: Communist infiltration and indoctrination -- Soviet brainwashing, British defectors and the corruptive elsewhere -- "He can be a communist here if he wants to" : living with the monster -- Section B: Nuclear technology -- The beast in the atom : Britain's nuclear nightmares -- Atomic albion : Britain's nuclear dreams -- Section C: Race and immigration -- It came from the colonies! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- History and development of Ramtha's school of enlightenment -- Beliefs and practices of Ramtha's school of enlightenment -- Rise and the question of the dangerous cult -- The Unification Church/the family federation : the brainwashing/deprogramming controversy -- Sun Myung Moon : Savior from the East -- Doctrinal beliefs and ritual practices of the Unification Church -- The growth and organization of the Unification Church outside Korea -- Brainwashing, deprogramming, and the Unification Church -- The children of God/the Family international : the issue of sexuality -- Mo : David Berg and the origins of the Children of God -- Social organization of the Children of God/the Family -- Beliefs, rituals, and practices of the Children of God/the Family -- The Children of God/the Family and the issue of sexuality -- The Branch Davidians : the problem of mass media -- The historical development of the Branch Davidians -- Beliefs and practices of the Branch Davidians under David Koresh -- The siege at Waco and the problem of mass media -- Heavens Gate : the question of cults and violence -- Ti, do, and the origins of Heavens Gate -- Beliefs and practices of Heavens Gate -- Recruitment and social organization in Heavens Gate -- The evolutionary level above human : the continuum of new religious movements and violence -- Wicca and witchcraft : confronting cultural fears -- Gerald Gardner and the origins of modern witchcraft -- Social organization and development of modern witchcraft and wicca -- Beliefs, rituals, and practices of modern witchcraft and wicca -- Satanic panic : the legacy of religious cult fears -- Rethinking cults : the significance of new religious movements -- Perspectives : cults versus new religious movements -- New religions as experimental faiths…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Make It the Default -- Overcoming Effort -- Create a Roadmap -- Streamline the Behavior -- Chapter 7 Emotion: Why the Best Ideas Produce the Most Anxiety -- Emotional Friction -- Hiring Emotion -- Noah's Animal House -- The Emotional Life of Procurement -- Picking Second Best -- The Shift to Self-Service Fuel -- Chapter 8 OvercomingEmotion: How to Quiet the Fears That Impede Progress -- Activating Latent Demand -- Overcoming Our Blindness to Emotional Friction -- Focus on Why -- Become an Ethnographer -- Pay It, Plan It -- Bring the Outside In -- Hiring Your Customers -- Focus on Why -- Become an Ethnographer -- Bring the Outside In -- Chapter 9 Reactance: Why We Feel the Impulse to Resist Change -- Rats, Graffiti, and the Origins of Reactance -- Why Strong Evidence Is the Worst Evidence -- Rethinking the Hard Sell -- Chapter 10 Overcoming Reactance: How to Help Your Audience Persuade Themselves -- The Power of Self-Persuasion -- The Power of Notecards -- Deep Canvassing -- Ask Yes Questions -- How Brainwashing Works -- Total Participation -- Co-Design -- Three Rules for Self-Persuasion -- Rule 1: Self-Persuasion Isn't a Suggestion Box -- Rule 2: Make Commitments Public -- Rule 3: Make It Meaningful -- Overcoming Reactance -- Reactance-Busting Tactics -- Ask Yes Questions -- Co-Design -- Chapter 11 Three Case Studies: Putting Friction Theory into Practice -- Notes -- Chapter 1: The Law of Attraction -- Chapter 2: Thinking in Fuel -- Chapter 3: Inertia -- Chapter 4: Overcoming Inertia -- Chapter 5: Effort -- Chapter 6: Overcoming Effort -- Chapter 7: Emotion -- Chapter 8: Overcoming Emotion -- Chapter 9: Reactance -- Chapter 10: Overcoming Reactance -- Chapter 11: Three Case Studies -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Index -- EULA…”

“…He brings together his iconoclastic views on such subjects as refuting the unconscious, creativity, mind manipulation, paranormal phenomena, sexuality & brainwashing…”

“…It will help students develop their critical thinking faculties and to overcome personal prejudices and biases, the influence of social brainwashing, fears associated with free-thinking and egocentrism…”

“…It considers academic and media interventions on both sides, placing special emphasis on the problems of objectivity inherent in the language of 'sects', 'abduction' and 'brainwashing'. Ideal for students, researchers and professionals, this provocative and much-needed book takes the debate over new religious movements to a newly sophisticated level…”

“…Ask the right questions...resist brainwashing, manipulation, and hypocrisy...Avoid worrying, conformism, and blame! …”

“…The three most powerful ultratraditionalist movements in the Catholic Church are engaging in mysterious initiation ceremonies, using brainwashing techniques involving ego destruction, moral and spiritual intimidation, and dangerous psychotherapeutic practices on members and parishioners. …”

“…By the 1950s, the focus of medical anxiety about music shifted to the idea that "musical brainwashing" and "subliminal messages" could strain the nerves and lead to mind control, mental illness and suicide. …”

“…Activists have spent the last forty to fifty years taking over education and transforming it into something different: not mere indoctrination but brainwashing. The transformation of education from education to neo-Marxist thought reform follows significantly from the work of a Brazilian Marxist by the name of Paulo Freire, who is little-known outside of South America and colleges of education. …”

“…Richard Paul show how to overcome poor thinking habits caused by self-delusion or out-of-control emotions... clarify what you really want... recognize what you don’t know... ask better questions... resist brainwashing, manipulation, and hypocrisy... critically evaluate what you’re told by advertisers, politicians, your boss, and even your family... avoid worrying, conformism, and blame. …”

“…Richard Paul show how to overcome poor thinking habits caused by self-deception or out-of-control emotions... clarify what you really want... recognize what you don't know... ask better questions... resist brainwashing, manipulation, and hypocrisy... critically evaluate what you're told by advertisers, politicians, your boss, even your family... and avoid worrying, conformism, and blame. …”

“…Plato's "Noble Lie," in which citizens are kept in their castes through deception, is lauded; Aristotle's Politics is seen as civic brainwashing; and Thucydides' criticism of Athenian democracy is applied to modern America.What do antiquity's "dead white men" have left to teach? …”