Escaping Utopia
€49.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781138239746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janja Lalich, Karla McLaren |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.276 |
| Publishing Date | 06/09/2017 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €47.08 |
| Tax | €2.82 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €49.90 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
We think of cults as bizarre, inexplicable, or otherworldly places that only strange people inhabit, but cults and other abusive and high-demand groups (and relationships) are actually quite commonplace. In fact, the behaviors, social pressures, and authoritarian structures that create cults exist to a greater or lesser extent in every human relationship and every human group.
In the first in-depth research of its kind, the author interviewed sixty-five people who were born in or grew up in thirty-nine different cultic groups spanning more than a dozen countries. What’s especially interesting about these individuals is that they each left the cult on their own, without outside help or internal support. In Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over, the authors craft Lalich’s original and groundbreaking research into an accessible and engaging book, the first of its kind focusing on this particular population.