Robert Jay Lifton
1926
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
educated at: Cornell University, New York Medical College, Weill Cornell Medicine
occupation: psychiatrist, historian, writer, university teacher, peace activist
award received: National Book Award, Gandhi Peace Award, Oskar Pfister Award, Guggenheim Fellowship
Robert Jay Lifton (born May 16, 1926) is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of wars and political violence, and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works 9
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Cults in Our Midst
The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
Indefensible Weapons
Death In Life
Destroying the World to Save It
Crimes of war
Why Did They Kill?: Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide (California Series in Public Anthropology)
Beyond invisible walls
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