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Attachment and Totalist Organizations. Many Kinds of Groups and Leaders. Definition of a cultic system. Charismatic, authoritarian leader Steep, closed hierarchy Absolute, or total ideology Use of techniques of coercive persuasion (thought reform, brainwashing) Exploitation of followers
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Attachment and TotalistOrganizations Alexandra Stein
Definition of a cultic system • Charismatic, authoritarian leader • Steep, closed hierarchy • Absolute, or total ideology • Use of techniques of coercive persuasion (thought reform, brainwashing) • Exploitation of followers • Definition taken from Lifton (1999), Arendt (1948), Schein (1961) Alexandra Stein
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