The Psychology of Totalitarianism
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Narrated by:
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Dan Crue
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Mattias Desmet
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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.
Totalitarianism is not a coincidence and does not form in a vacuum. It arises from a collective psychosis that has followed a predictable script throughout history, its formation gaining strength and speed with each generation—from the Jacobins to the Nazis and Stalinists—as technology advances. Governments, mass media, and other mechanized forces use fear, loneliness, and isolation to demoralize populations and exert control, persuading large groups of people to act against their own interests, always with destructive results.
In The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow this collective psychosis to take hold. By looking at our current situation and identifying the phenomenon of “mass formation”—a type of collective hypnosis—he clearly illustrates how close we are to surrendering to totalitarian regimes.
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- Alex
- 15-09-2022
Mind blowing and brilliant!
Wow! What an incredible book. I thought I might get an interesting psychological explanation of the last few years but I go so, so much more. This book weaves psychology with philosophy, history, sociology, religion, the esoteric and even quantum physics and it does so flawlessly. And it gives Hope as we head into a frightening new chapter of this mass formation. We'll done Mr Desmet!
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- Lunagirl
- 29-06-2022
Simply Brillant
The author writes with such exquisite clarity about the dangers of scientific reductionism and the technocratic world view, and the remedy, which is right in front of our faces with every interaction we have with each other. I loved and saw the infinite potential in his concept of the Art of Full Speech with regard to truth telling and real engagement with the mystery of the creative process of life itself.. Please read... this is one if those books that can truly change the world.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-08-2022
Broad, interesting, incisive
Loved it. Not sure that the people who should read it will, but if they do, they will be given the opportunity to scratch the surface of modern human society. Thoroughly interesting. Perhaps my favourite Audible book. Will definitely look for more by the same author.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-2022
Explains alot
This book has given me a different way to look at the current events that i considered a conspiracy. Well written, easy to comprehend.
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- Leonie F. Murray
- 21-12-2022
Clarity and truth
This book is well timed. While there may be many more years ahead of us before the collapse of the totalitarian ideology we are experiencing it is books like this that could help humanity fast track that process.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-11-2022
Most helpful on disciplined & imaginative thought
This is a book of tremendous importance to me personally as it navigates it's way through the perils of the imagination and the intellect and summons us to live authentically.
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- Gillian Shippen
- 25-11-2022
Many thoughts confirmed
An interesting listen with many of my own thoughts confirmed. A must read for those wanting to become aware of what is going on within governments and other authorities
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- MARK WALMSLEY
- 16-01-2023
Read this book in 2020 before the Covid madness
Great book. Highly recommend. Truth is the light and the way forward out of totalitarian madness. Facebook clearly explains why.
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- Jesse Foote
- 09-06-2023
Phenomenally deep insight
Wasn't quite sure what I was expecting but I certainly wasn't expecting what I got. A deep insight into the psychology of the world in its current socio-political form. I think this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to gain a fundamental understanding of why the world is the way it is and where it is heading.
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- Frank Paul
- 03-07-2022
A Classic.
Having listened to Desmet in several long form discussions on Mass Formation, I thought this book was the written form of that thesis. I was wrong. Desmet has laid out an overarching thesis, that includes Mass Formation but includes much, much more than that. I finally understand what Totalitarianism means, and what gives rise to it. It is a must read to understand this new world that global covid policy has given us.
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