# Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry - Hardcover

by **Robert Jay Lifton** (Author)

Media track record: His previous book, _The Climate Swerve_, was reviewed in the _Washington Post_ and excerpted in the _New York Times_. Lifton has been a contributor to the _New York Times_ for over fifty years. He has appeared on many NPR shows, including Fresh Air. He has appeared in many TV and feature documentaries. He has been interviewed by both Stephen Spielberg's team for a Discovery Channel show on the Japanese suicide Aum Shinrikyo and also for a film by Errol Morris. His definition of cults is used by the hugely popular podcast CULTS in the opening of their show.

Credentials: He is one of the world's leading authorities on thought control and cult violence. He taught and practiced at Yale, Harvard, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is one of the great practitioners of psycho-history, the combination of psychiatry and history. His ideas are often cited in articles and essays. He has been a prolific voice on Trump's psychological suitability to be president.

Blurbs/endorsements: James Carroll, Martin Amis, Bill McKibben, Judith Herman, Sherry Turkle, James Gilligan

### Author Biography

A pioneer in the field of psychohistory, **Robert Jay Lifton** is a psychiatrist and author best known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform and cult behavior. He has written over twenty books, including many seminal works in the field such as the National Book Award-winning _Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima_, _Los Angeles Times_ Book Prize-winning _The Nazi Doctors_, National Book Award-nominated _Home from the War_, as well as _The Climate Swerve_, _Losing Reality_, and _Surviving Our Catastrophes_ (all from The New Press). He has taught at Yale University, Harvard University, and the City University of New York. He lives in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

**Number of Pages:** 240

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 7.6 x 5.5 IN

**Publication Date:** October 15, 2019

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