Beschreibung:
In Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over, the authors craft Lalich's original and groundbreaking research into an accessible and engaging book. The authors explore fundamental questions about human nature, human development, group dynamics, abuse and control, and triumphs of the human spirit.
1. We Weren't There by Choice: Meeting Our Narrators 2. The Transcendent Belief System: Purity, Perfection, and the Eradication of Individuality 3. Charismatic Authority: Exhilarating Vision, Electrifying Charisma, and Total Domination 4. Systems of Control: Official Rules, Formal Structures, and Webs of Authority 5. Systems of Influence: Social Pressures, Rigid Expectations, and Constant Manipulation 6. Landing on Mars: Finding Their Way in an Alien World 7. Surviving and Thriving: Trauma, Resilience, And Integration