The Psychology of Totalitarianism Audiobook Libro.fm

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We bear witness to loneliness freefloating anxiety and fear giving way to censorship loss of privacy and surrendered freedoms It is all spurred by a singular focused crisis narrative that forbids dissident views and relies on destructive groupthink Totalitarianism is not a coincidence and does not form in a vacuum It arises from a collective psychosis that has followed a predictable script throughout history its formation gaining strength and speed with each generationfrom the Jacobins to the Nazis and Stalinistsas technology advances Governments mass media and other mechanized forces use fear loneliness and isolation to demoralize populations and exert control persuading large groups of people to act against their own interests always with destructive results In The Psychology of Totalitarianism worldrenowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow this collective psychosis to take hold By looking at our current situation and identifying the phenomenon of mass formationa type of collective hypnosishe clearly illustrates how close we are to surrendering to totalitarian regimes