Bounded Choice
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| Bounded Choice | |
| Author | Janja Lalich |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Cults |
| Genre(s) | nonfiction psychology cults |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Released | September 15, 2004 |
| Media Type | Paperback |
| Pages | 353 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0520240189 |
| Preceded by | Captive Hearts, Captive Minds, Cults in Our Midst |
Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults is a nonfiction psychology book on cults, by Janja Lalich, Ph.D.. The book was published by University of California Press in 2004. Dr. Lalich's methodologies were influenced by the work of Anthony Giddens, Herbert Simon and Robert Jay Lifton[1]. The Heaven's Gate cult is used as a model for analyzing the cult structure.
| Lalich develops a new approach for understanding how charismatic cult leaders are able to dominate their devotees. Lalich’s definitional framework includes a charismatic authority, an overarching ideology with a transformational component, and social-psychological influences and controls that bind members to the group, engendering a total commitment on the part of those followers who become "true believers." | ||
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—Marion Harmon, Demystifying Cults[2] |
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[edit] References
- ^ Lorne L. Dawson, American Journal of Sociology, vol.111, part 1 (2005), pg. 663–665
- ^ Marion Harmon, Demystifying Cults, Chico Statements, California State University.
[edit] External links
- Using the Bounded Choice Model as an Analytical Tool, Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2004
[edit] See also
- Margaret Singer, Ph.D.
- Robert Jay Lifton
- Janja Lalich, Ph.D.
- Heaven's Gate (cult)
- Anthony Giddens
- Herbert Simon
- Robert Jay Lifton
- Charismatic authority
