#59 The Psychology of Totalitarianism Part III - Book Summary

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Welcome back to yet another captivating instalment of 'Wise Words Book Summaries.'

In this episode, we continue to delve into the last section of ‘The Psychology of Totalitarianism’ unravelling the profound essence of its central theme.

Join us as we embark on a journey through the following thought-provoking topics:

• Ideological Ideas
• Conspiracies and ideologies
• What is a conspiracy theory and how does it work?
• How does an ideology spread?
• Living beyond a mechanistic worldview
• Can adopting a chaos theory perspective of the world help?

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Chapters:
00:00:00-Intro
00:01:22-Chapter 7-The Leaders of the Masses-Ideological Ideas
00:13:04-Imposing the ideology
00:25:21-The search for paradise
00:33:30-Chapter 8 Conspiracy and Ideology
00:38:25-Conspiracy Theories
00:39:12-Should we consider mass formation the result of a conspiracy?
00:40:15-The Allure of Conspiracy
00:42:08-Grand plans and rationality
00:59:49-How Ideology Spreads
01:10:45- Are there any solutions?
01:11:31-Part II Living Beyond the Mechanistic Worldview
01:11:45-Chapter 9 The Dead versus the Living Universe-Rediscovering Life’s Principles
01:13:55-Chaos Theory
01:16:22-Looking Deeper at Causation
01:19:23-Chapter 10 Matter and Spirit
01:24:31-Chapter 11 Science and Truth
01:26:17-It’s time to accept uncertainty
01:31:42-The Rise of Rhetoric
01:33:02-Behind the fig leaf
01:36:26-Debrief

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