The rape of the mind; the psychology of thought control, menticide, and brainwashing
by Joost Meerloo · first published 1956
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This book is about thought control in general and about brainwashing or menticide in particular. Its somewhat alarming title attests to the author's journalistic talent but seems to reflect also his deep concern about the sinister subject of this work. During World War II, while he was still in Holland, the author saw some of the effects and learned about the methods of this new weapon of totalitarianism. A number of his countrymen who were members of the underground movement had been subjected to the methodical use of torture and mental coercion by the Nazis and came to him for psychiatric tr
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…by Meerloo. The book is available on Amazon (and goodreads.com) but the publisher (Progressive Press?) appears to have many conspiracy-related releases so I don't know how reputable they are. [0] The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing (1956, by Joost Meerloo (1903-1976)) http://www.amazon.ca/The-Rape-Mind-Psychology-Brainwashing/d... http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6736285-the-rape-of-the-m... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Meerloo…
on “The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing (1956)” ↗…with this strategy of compelling a man to speak when his conscience urges him to be silent, but just as surely we break down the innocent by destroying their conscience." "The Right to Be Silent" , The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing by Joost A. M. Meerloo, 1956
on “Apple unlock: Judge compares request to execution order” ↗…world of limited freedoms. That world however, can in the long run give us something better than any vision conjured up in childhood." – Total War and the Human Mind, 1944. HN discussion of his book "The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing, 1956" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10400678
on “Joost Meerloo” ↗