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Cults today are bigger than ever, with broad ramifications for national and international terrorism. In this newly revised edition of her definitive work on cults, Singer reveals what cults really are and how they work, focusing specifically on the coercive persuasion techniques of charismatic leaders seeking money and power. The book contains fascinating updates on Heaven's Gate, Falun Gong, Aum Shinrikyo, Hare Krishna, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, and the connection between cults and terrorism in Al Queda and the PLO.

Cults in Our Midst: The Continuing Fight Against Their Hidden Menace

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Paperback / softback by Margaret Thaler Singer , Robert Jay Lifton

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    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
    Publication Date: 25/04/2003
    ISBN13: 9780787967413, 978-0787967413
    ISBN10: 0787967416

    Number of Pages: 432

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    Cults today are bigger than ever, with broad ramifications for national and international terrorism. In this newly revised edition of her definitive work on cults, Singer reveals what cults really are and how they work, focusing specifically on the coercive persuasion techniques of charismatic leaders seeking money and power. The book contains fascinating updates on Heaven's Gate, Falun Gong, Aum Shinrikyo, Hare Krishna, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, and the connection between cults and terrorism in Al Queda and the PLO.

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