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The Future of Brainwashing: A Discussion with Daniel Pick

New Books in Psychoanalysis

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Is There a Condition in Which No One Can Think for Himself?

There are great resources for people to use, whether their case studies or autobiographies of people who've been held in captivity. For every individual person that there'll be shared elements of the horror of it, but also differences in how it is some people with more resources than others to to cope. In his case, it's remarkable story, in a way, you know, despite all the damage he suffered, of psychic survival. There are things that don't necessarily leave marks on the body in the way that physical torture does, but that devastate people, just being alone for extended periodsnd. And i found so moving and eloquent and thought provoking was reading that post war literature about captivity

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