Techniques Of Persuasion: From Propaganda To Brainwashing
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What happens when the human mind becomes a battleground? Techniques of Persuasion: From Propaganda to Brainwashing by J.A.C. Brown is a commanding psychological study that chronicles the dark art of mass influence — from the subtle mechanics of advertising and political rhetoric to the chilling extremes of coercive brainwashing. Brown presents a sweeping and unflinching analysis of how governments, ideologues, and institutions have systematically manipulated human belief, behaviour, and identity throughout the modern era, drawing on a rich body of case studies from totalitarian regimes, wartime propaganda machines, and cult psychology. Brown writes with the precision of a scientist and the clarity of a gifted communicator, making complex psychological theory accessible without sacrificing intellectual rigour. The work stands as a landmark in popular psychology and political science, arguing that no individual is truly immune to the forces of persuasion — a thesis as unsettling today as when it was first published. Part warning, part instruction manual for the critically minded, this Pelican Original leaves the reader with one urgent, haunting question: who is really in control of what you think?
Author: J.A.C. Brown
Format: Paperback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when the human mind becomes a battleground? Techniques of Persuasion: From Propaganda to Brainwashing by J.A.C. Brown is a commanding psychological study that chronicles the dark art of mass influence — from the subtle mechanics of advertising and political rhetoric to the chilling extremes of coercive brainwashing. Brown presents a sweeping and unflinching analysis of how governments, ideologues, and institutions have systematically manipulated human belief, behaviour, and identity throughout the modern era, drawing on a rich body of case studies from totalitarian regimes, wartime propaganda machines, and cult psychology. Brown writes with the precision of a scientist and the clarity of a gifted communicator, making complex psychological theory accessible without sacrificing intellectual rigour. The work stands as a landmark in popular psychology and political science, arguing that no individual is truly immune to the forces of persuasion — a thesis as unsettling today as when it was first published. Part warning, part instruction manual for the critically minded, this Pelican Original leaves the reader with one urgent, haunting question: who is really in control of what you think?