Political paranoia : the psychopolitics of hatred

Political paranoia : the psychopolitics of hatred /

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The authors, professionals in the field of political psychology, document and interpret the malign power of paranoia in a variety of contexts - in political movements like McCarthyism; in organizations like the John Birch Society; in leaders like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Jim Jones, and David Koresh;...

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Main Author: Robins, Robert S. (Author)
Other Authors: Post, Jerrold M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1997]
Subjects:
Right and left (Political science) > Psychological aspects.
Paranoia.
Hate.
Hate
Paranoid Behavior
Politics > sociology
Paranoid Disorders
hate.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Paranoia
Right and left (Political science) > Psychological aspects
Paranoia (psychiatrie)
Politiek geweld.
Extremisme.
Interação social (sociologia)
Transtornos paranóides.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Mind of the Paranoid
  • Paranoid Culture and Conspiracy Thinking
  • The Roots of Paranoia
  • The Need for Enemies : Nationalism, Terrorism, and Paranoid Mass Movements
  • From the Individual to the Collective Apocalypse
  • Killing in the Name of God
  • Paranoia's Theorists
  • Paranoia's Agitators and Activists
  • Paranoia's Organizers and Propagandists
  • Paranoia in Power : Pol Pot, Idi Amin, and Joseph Stalin
  • Adolf Hitler : Destructive Charisma
  • Concluding Note.

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