Beyond Perception #96 | Mass Hypnosis: The Psychology of Totalitarianism + The Limitations of Rationality | Prof. Mattias Desmet
Mattias Desmet is recognized as the world’s 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 on mass formation theory was brought to the world’s attention on The Joe Rogan Experience and in major alternative news outlets around the globe.
"The world is in the grips of mass formation―a dangerous, collective type of hypnosis―as we bear witness to loneliness, free-floating anxiety, and fear giving way to censorship, loss of privacy, and surrendered freedoms. It is all spurred by a singular, focused crisis narrative that forbids dissident views and relies on destructive groupthink." The Psychology of Totalitarianism
In this conversation, Mattias
💡 deconstructs the societal conditions that allow this collective psychosis to take hold.
💡 And illustrates how close we are to surrendering to totalitarian regimes.
-- HIGHLIGHTS --
► The steps that lead toward mass formation, including:
- An overall sense of loneliness and lack of social connections and bonds
- A lack of meaning―unsatisfying “bullsh*t jobs” that don’t offer purpose
- Free-floating anxiety and discontent that arise from loneliness and lack of meaning
- Manifestation of frustration and aggression from anxiety
- Emergence of a consistent narrative from government officials, mass media, etc., that exploits and channels frustration and anxiety
► How & why Totalitarianism builds on mass formation and has always devastating results.
► Simple solutions―both individual and collective―to prevent the willing sacrifice of our freedoms.
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★ Mattias’ book The Psychology of Totalitarianism publishes on June 23 and is now available for pre-order anywhere books are sold: E.g. https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Totalitarianism-Mattias-Desmet/dp/1645021726/ ★
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► About Mattias Desmet:
https://biblio.ugent.be/person/801001743835
► Further resources:
Hannah Arendt 'The Origins of Totalitarianism': https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/hannah-arendt-the-origins-of-totalitarianism
John Ioannidis 'Why Most Published Research Findings Are False': https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/58674/9-63-fall-2005/contents/readings/ioannidis.pdf
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