The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion

An acclaimed historian of science uncovers the hidden history of brainwashing-and its troubling implications for today.

Because brainwashing affects both the world and our observation of the world, we often don't recognize it while it's happening-unless we know where to look. As Rebecca Lemov writes in The Instability of Truth, "Brainwashing erases itself." What we call brainwashing is more common than we think; it is not so much what happens to other people as what can happen to anyone.

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