Meerloo, Joost Abraham Maurits 1903-1976

The rape of the mind; the psychology of thought control, menticide, and brainwashing by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo( Book )

33 editions published between 1956 and 2016 in English and held by 987 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This book attempts to depict the strange transformation of the free human mind into an automatically responding machine--a transformation which can be brought about by some of the cultural undercurrents in our present-day society as well as by deliberate experiments in the service of a political ideology. The rape of the mind and stealthy mental coercion are among the oldest crimes of mankind. They probably began back in prehistoric days when man first discovered that he could exploit human qualities of empathy and understanding in order to exert power over his fellow men. The word "rape" is derived from the Latin word rapere, to snatch, but also is related to the words to rave and raven. It means to overwhelm and to enrapture, to invade, to usurp, to pillage and to steal. The modern words "brainwashing," "thought control," and "menticide" serve to provide a clearer conception of the actual methods by which man's integrity can be violated. When a concept is given its right name, it can be more easily recognized--and it is with this recognition that the opportunity for systematic correction begins. In this book the reader will find a discussion of some of the imminent dangers which threaten free cultural interplay. It emphasizes the tremendous cultural implication of the subject of enforced mental intrusion. Not only the artificial techniques of coercion are important but even more the unobtrusive intrusion into our feeling and thinking. The danger of destruction of the spirit may be compared to the threat of total physical destruction through atomic warfare. Indeed, the two are related and intertwined"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)

Suicide and mass suicide by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo( Book )

24 editions published between 1962 and 1968 in 3 languages and held by 539 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Along the fourth dimension : man's sense of time and history by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo( Book )

9 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Patterns of panic by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo( Book )

24 editions published between 1950 and 1980 in English and Spanish and held by 347 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The dance, from ritual to rock and roll--ballet to ballroom by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo( Book )

8 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Conversation and communication; a psychological inquiry into language and human relations by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo( Book )

19 editions published between 1952 and 1977 in English and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Justice and injustice : the origin of the sense of justice and its relation to everyday life, the law, and the problems of juvenile deliquency and crime by Edmund Bergler( Book )

8 editions published in 1963 in English and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Total war and the human mind; a psychologist's experiences in occupied Holland by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo( Book )

24 editions published between 1900 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 276 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

That difficult peace by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo( Book )

7 editions published in 1961 in English and Undetermined and held by 256 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Unobtrusive communication; essays in psycholinguistics by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo( Book )

12 editions published in 1964 in 3 languages and held by 230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide