The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Mattias Desmet (English) Hardcover Book

Description: The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Mattias Desmet Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Originally published in Belgium by Pelckmans Publishers in 2022 as De Psychologie van Totalitarisme. Publisher Description Occasionally, there are books that try to make sense of a key moment in history - and become an indispensable guide to the times we live in.This book is one of them.In The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow collective psychosis to take hold. By analysing our current global situation and identifying the phenomenon of mass formation - a type of collective hypnosis - he illustrates how close we are to repeating totalitarian behaviours within democratic structures.Totalitarianism is not a coincidence and does not form in a vacuum. Desmet explains how it arises from a collective psychosis that has followed a predictable script throughout history, its formation gaining strength and speed with each generation - from the Jacobins to the Nazis and Stalinists - in lockstep with technological advances. He demonstrates how governments, mass media and other large, mechanised forces use fear, loneliness and isolation to demoralise populations to exert control, persuading large groups of people to act against their own interests, always with destructive results.Building on Hannah Arendts essential work on totalitarianism, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Desmet offers a sharp critique of the cultural groupthink that existed pre-pandemic but has steadily and inexorably advanced during the Covid crisis. He cautions against the dangers of our current societal landscape, media consumption and reliance on manipulative technologies and then offers simple solutions - both individual and collective - to prevent the willing sacrifice of our freedoms.The Psychology of Totalitarianism describes exactly how, during this extraordinary time of loneliness, free-floating anxiety and fear, we are surrendering our freedoms and giving way to censorship and loss of privacy - driven by a dominant crisis narrative that excludes dissident views and relies on destructive groupthink. Desmets work on mass formation theory was brought to the worlds attention on The Joe Rogan Experience and in major media around the globe.In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true. - Hannah Arendt, The Origins of TotalitarianismWe can honor the right to freedom of expression and the right to self-determination without feeling threatened by each other, Desmet writes. But there is a point where we must stop losing ourselves in the crowd to experience meaning and connection. That is the point where the winter of totalitarianism gives way to a spring of life. - Mattias Desmet, The Psychology of Totalitarianism[Desmet] is waking a lot of people up to the dangerous place we are now with a brilliant distillation of how we ended up here. - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Author Biography Mattias Desmet is recognized as the worlds leading expert on the theory of mass formation as it applies to the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a professor of clinical psychology in the Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences at Ghent University (Belgium) and a practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapist. His work has been discussed widely in the media, including on The Joe Rogan Experience and in Forbes, The New York Post, Salon.com, and Fox News, among hundreds of other outlets. His interviews have been viewed by millions of people around the world. His previous books include The Pursuit of Objectivity in Psychology and Lacans Logic of Subjectivity: A Walk on the Graph of Desire. Desmet is the author of over one hundred peer-reviewed academic papers. In 2018 he received the Evidence-Based Psychoanalytic Case Study Prize of the Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and in 2019 he received the Wim Trijsburg Prize of the Dutch Association of Psychotherapy. Details ISBN 1645021726 ISBN-13 9781645021728 Title The Psychology of Totalitarianism Author Mattias Desmet Format Hardcover Year 2022 Pages 240 Publisher Chelsea Green Publishing Co GE_Item_ID:158612734; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. 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