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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:55:12 -0400
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:51:20 -0400 From: Matthew Snyder <matthew () pobox com> To: aaronb () cis upenn edu, farber () cis upenn edu Subject: Re: IP: Good Question re Experts explain terrorist training X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i Sender: matthew () analog rightbox com David Farber writes: > CC me with any answer > > >Prof Farber, > >> > Can you (or anybody on the IP list) recommend good books on understanding> >the cult mentality (their psychological mind control, etc.)? Not surprisingly, Penn has an expert on what you call the ``cult mentality.'' Stephen Dunning teaches in the department of Religious Studies -- more specifically, he teaches a course specifically on cults called ``Understanding the cult controversy.'' I'm sure he'd be happy to provide a reading list. You can contact him at sdunning () ccat sas upenn edu or visit his website at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/snd/sdunning.html I read _Combatting Cult Mind Control_ and didn't find it especially helpful, personally. But I unfortunately can't provide a better recommendation. Matthew
From: LSHIRSCH () aol com Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:48:56 EDT Subject: Re: IP: Good Question re Experts explain terrorist training To: farber () cis upenn edu X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 139 Dave, in another list I am on, Prof. Judith Klinghoffer of Rutgers U., author of *Vietnam, Jews and the Middle East : Unintended Consequences*, recommends Erich Fromm's classic *Escape from Freedom* and its analysis of the authoritarian personality as helpful in understanding the terrorists' mentality. You can access her posting at http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-diplo&month=0110&week= d&msg=d3ilWDqtJ1rybWC39NuemQ&user=&pw= Lorraine Hirsch For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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