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Robert Jay Lifton Quotes

And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong Kong for another year and a half, interviewing people coming out of China, both Westerners and Chinese. And that was my first real research study on thought reform or so-called brainwashing Picture Quote #1

And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs or nuclear weapons of any kind. And I also thought about ways in which all of us undergo what could be called the numbing of everyday life Picture Quote #1

I’m a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, new York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there Picture Quote #1

The one-sided exploitation of existential guilt is thought reform’s trump card, and perhaps its most important source of emotional influence over its participants. Revolving around it are issues most decisive to thought reform’s outcome Picture Quote #1

The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being drafted as a private, and of course I only practiced medicine or psychiatry in the air force so I was never in any kind of violent combat Picture Quote #1

I don’t have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind Picture Quote #1

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Yes, I’ve been very preoccupied with the survivor all through my work Picture Quote #1

Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any time by these weapons that we have created Picture Quote #1

I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was interested in the idea of healing and in the psychological dimension rather early on Picture Quote #1

Sometimes its said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood. I might have fallen into that category Picture Quote #1

In sum, doubling is the psychological means by which one invokes the evil potential of the self. That evil is neither inherent in the self nor foreign to it. To live out the doubling and call forth the evil is a moral choice for which one is responsible, whatever the level of consciousness involved Picture Quote #1

As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports, like books about Baseball Joe, as one baseball hero was called Picture Quote #1

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I don’t have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind Picture Quote #1

I struggled with each of these studies and I was uncertain about what they meant, and often confused, and then I tried to put together what I was seeing Picture Quote #1

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And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong Kong for another year and a half, interviewing people coming out of China, both Westerners and Chinese. And that was my first real research study on thought reform or so-called brainwashing (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs or nuclear weapons of any kind. And I also thought about ways in which all of us undergo what could be called the numbing of everyday life (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) I’m a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, new York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) The one-sided exploitation of existential guilt is thought reform’s trump card, and perhaps its most important source of emotional influence over its participants. Revolving around it are issues most decisive to thought reform’s outcome (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being drafted as a private, and of course I only practiced medicine or psychiatry in the air force so I was never in any kind of violent combat. (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) I don’t have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind. (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) Yes, I’ve been very preoccupied with the survivor all through my work (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any time by these weapons that we have created (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was interested in the idea of healing and in the psychological dimension rather early on (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) Sometimes its said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood. I might have fallen into that category (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) In sum, doubling is the psychological means by which one invokes the evil potential of the self. That evil is neither inherent in the self nor foreign to it. To live out the doubling and call forth the evil is a moral choice for which one is responsible, whatever the level of consciousness involved (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports, like books about Baseball Joe, as one baseball hero was called (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) I don’t have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes) I struggled with each of these studies and I was uncertain about what they meant, and often confused, and then I tried to put together what I was seeing (Robert Jay Lifton Quotes)