Coercive Persuasion
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What happens to the human mind when it is systematically stripped of its autonomy? Coercive Persuasion presents a landmark socio-psychological analysis of the brainwashing of American civilian prisoners held by Chinese Communists, chronicling the step-by-step methods used to manipulate belief, identity, and behaviour under conditions of extreme coercion. Drawing on meticulous research and firsthand accounts, Edgar H. Schein, alongside collaborators Inge Schneier and Curtis H. Barker, constructs a rigorous framework that dissects the psychological mechanisms behind thought reform — moving the conversation far beyond sensationalist Cold War rhetoric and into the realm of serious scientific inquiry. Schein's work stands as a foundational text in social psychology and organisational behaviour, arguing persuasively that coercive persuasion is not a mysterious or mystical force, but a structured, identifiable process that can be understood and, crucially, resisted. His clinical precision and measured prose give the work an authoritative weight that has ensured its relevance across decades of scholarship in psychology, political science, and sociology. Published as part of the prestigious Norton Library, this is a work that does not merely document a historical episode — it illuminates the universal and deeply unsettling vulnerabilities at the core of human belief itself.
Author: Edgar H. Schein
Format: Paperback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens to the human mind when it is systematically stripped of its autonomy? Coercive Persuasion presents a landmark socio-psychological analysis of the brainwashing of American civilian prisoners held by Chinese Communists, chronicling the step-by-step methods used to manipulate belief, identity, and behaviour under conditions of extreme coercion. Drawing on meticulous research and firsthand accounts, Edgar H. Schein, alongside collaborators Inge Schneier and Curtis H. Barker, constructs a rigorous framework that dissects the psychological mechanisms behind thought reform — moving the conversation far beyond sensationalist Cold War rhetoric and into the realm of serious scientific inquiry. Schein's work stands as a foundational text in social psychology and organisational behaviour, arguing persuasively that coercive persuasion is not a mysterious or mystical force, but a structured, identifiable process that can be understood and, crucially, resisted. His clinical precision and measured prose give the work an authoritative weight that has ensured its relevance across decades of scholarship in psychology, political science, and sociology. Published as part of the prestigious Norton Library, this is a work that does not merely document a historical episode — it illuminates the universal and deeply unsettling vulnerabilities at the core of human belief itself.