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A physiology of conversion and brainwashing, and the mind possessed. Jun 20, 2016 william sargant was a mental health professional from the united kingdom, and was of questionable moral standing, in more ways than one. A physiology of possession, mysticism, and faith healing, and more on. Sargant coauthored a textbook on physical treatment in psychiatry that ran to 5 editions. Like billy grahams crude but effective preaching the apostolic preachers were working a con of some kind but i did not understand how till i read sargants book. He wrote numerous articles in the medical and lay press, an autobiography, the unquiet mind, and a book titled battle for the mind in which he discusses the. His book, battle for the mind, a physiology of conversion and brainwashing, written with the help of robert graves, emphasises the apparent need for evangelists and politicians who would change peoples minds to excite them first. Of course, later thinking has become more sophisticated and developed, but this remains a clear and persuasive account. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. A physiology of conversion and brainwashing how evangelists, psychiatrists, politicians, and medicine men can change by william sargant overview how can an evangelist convert a hardboiled sophisticate.
A physiology of conversion and brainwashing, william sargant, malor books, 1997, isbn 1883536065. Publication date 1957 topics tavistock, books publisher doubleday collection. Harry bailey and the doubly shocking abuses and deaths of his patients, and his subsequent suicide similarly paralleled the dark inquiries of doctors william sargant and ewen cameron. Battle for the mind by william walters sargant, 1957, doubleday edition, in english 1st ed. World war ii showed that with enough battle exposure, every soldier eventually shows the symptoms of battlefatigue, shellshock, or what we know now as post. Battle for the mind became sargants best known and most provocative book, drawing from anthropological studies of cults and transformative magic rituals. Battle for the mind, published in 1957, was one of the first books on the psychology of brainwashing. He was heavily involved with the intelligence services, including the cia project mkultra. Mar 30, 2018 battle for the mind became sargants best known and most provocative book, drawing from anthropological studies of cults and transformative magic rituals. First, purely intellectual religions rarely produce significant transformations in people. William walters sargant april 24, 1907 august 27, 1988, was a british psychiatrist who is now famous for his work with shellshocked servicemen during world war two, and later for his publication of a book entitled battle for the mind in which he discusses the nature of the process by which our minds are subject to influence by others. Here the quote from sir james george frazers the golden bough is reproduced in full.
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Techniques of persuasion, from propaganda to brainwashing, james alexander campbell brown. Battle for the mind a physiology of conversion and. While this book is often referred to as a work on brainwashing, and indeed it is subtitled a physiology of conversion and brainwashing, sargant emphasises that his aim is to elucidate the processes involved rather than advocate uses. William sargant psychology wiki fandom powered by wikia. William walters sargant was born in 1907 into a larger than life methodist family in north london.
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