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The Future of Brainwashing: A Discussion with Daniel Pick

New Books in Psychoanalysis

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Brain Washing - I Was Brain Washed, or You Chosen That?

It's not really possible to talk about brain washing of a group. But i do think there are conditions in which people can be broken down and their minds attacked and destroyed. In the book, i explore those extreme situations,. The horrors of what can be done to people's bodies and minds in captivities or closed systems. There's also what he calls psychic numbing that can occur in certain situations. I think that's all valuable, and we need to hold on.

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