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Psychological Malpractice and the Anti‐Cult Battle—A Response
Author(s) -
Conway Ronald
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1979.tb00661.x
Subject(s) - cult , suspect , battle , malpractice , authoritarianism , law , publishing , project commissioning , psychology , sociology , political science , history , democracy , ancient history , politics
The operation of some cults and the ‘deprogramming’ of cult members are both held to be suspect. An examination of the broad characteristics, motivations and backgrounds of cult members reveals links with the authoritarian justifications of their ‘rescuers‘.—Ed.