Bounded choice : true believers and charismatic cults
It is easy to portray the members of cults as vunerable, needy people who cannot think for themselves. In this comparative study of the Heaven's Gate cult and the Democratic Workers Party, Janja Lalich offers a more complex and disturbing assessment of 'cult mentality'
1 online resource (xxiv, 329 pages) : illustrations
9780520937512, 9780520231948, 9780520240186, 9781417545247, 0520937511, 0520231945, 0520240189, 1417545240
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Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Cults and True Believers; part one: Heaven's Gate; part two: The Democratic Workers Party; part three: Theoretical Perspective; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index