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William walters sargant april 24, 1907 august 27, 1988, was a british psychiatrist who is now famous for his work with shellshocked servicemen during world war two, and later for his publication of a book entitled battle for the mind in which he discusses the nature of the process by which our minds are subject to influence by others. William walters sargant was a controversial british psychiatrist who is remembered for the evangelical zeal with which he promoted treatments such as psychosurgery, deep sleep treatment, electroconvulsive therapy and insulin shock therapy. William sargant psychology wiki fandom powered by wikia. William walters sargant was born in 1907 into a larger than life methodist family in north london. Thats from battle for the mind by william sargant, a little book i picked up quite by chance a few years ago in a used bookstore. A physiology of conversion and brainwashing, and the mind possessed. Its subtitle is, a physiology of conversion and brainwashing. Sargant explains and illustrates the basic techniques used by evangelists, psychiatrists, and brainwashers to dissolve existing, established patterns of. His research in world war ii showed that with enough battle exposure, every soldier eventually shows the symptoms of battle fatigue, shellshock, or what we know now as posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd. Sargant explains and illustrates the basic techniques used by evangelists, psychiatrists, and brainwashers to dissolve existing, established patterns of belief, and then substitute new beliefs and behaviors. Mar 25, 2005 thats from battle for the mind by william sargant, a little book i picked up quite by chance a few years ago in a used bookstore. Classic book on torture and mind control aug 14, 2009 by socjan i have all my students reading this book, to understand the origins of the usas torture program under george w.
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William sargant this book attempts to depict the strange transformation of the free human mind into an automatically responding machinea transformation which can be brought about by some of the cultural undercurrents in our presentday society as well as by deliberate experiments in the service of a political ideology. The unquiet mind an autobiography, william sargant 1967 heinemann isbn 0434671509. Louis jolyon jolly west thorazine haldol sid gottlieb. A place to share and discuss articlesissues related to all fields of psychology. He wrote numerous articles in the medical and lay press, an autobiography, the unquiet mindand a book titled battle for the mind in which he discusses the nature of the process by which our minds are subject to influence by others. Here the quote from sir james george frazers the golden bough is reproduced in full. Battle for the mind by william sargant 1971, paperback. William sargant dedicated many pages to ritual and possession in battle for the mind, but his interest apparently ran much deeper. Thought control by william sargant, pan books, 1957. A second bout of tuberculosis and depression in 1954 gave sargant time to complete his book battle for the mind and also an opportunity for giving up his 30year heavy smoking habit. Pdf battle for the mind download full pdf book download. Here are our closest matches for battle for the mind a physiology of conversion and brainwashing perennial library by sargant, william walters.
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A physiology of conversion and brainwashing how evangelists, psychiatrists, politicians, and medicine men can change your beliefs and behavior paperback july 3, 2015 by william sargant author, charles swencionis preface. Sargant established a unit at belmont hospital during world war two for the. William sargant on the importance of emotion in religious and. Of course, later thinking has become more sophisticated and developed. The book has been read but remains in clean condition.
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He first came to prominence in 1944 with his first publication on psychiatry and in 1954 wrote battle for the mind in it he wove together, into a coherent whole, a series of. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. A physiology of possession, mysticism, and faith healing, 1975, isbn 014004034x. The dichotomy of this book juxtaposes success and failure while solidifying the truth that walking with god is not conflict free because the essential nature of man is a unity of two dichotomy distinct realities, one physical body and spiritual soul, spirit, mind.
His book, battle for the mind, a physiology of conversion and brainwashing, written with the help of robert graves, emphasises the apparent need for evangelists and politicians who would change peoples minds to excite them first. Battle for the mind a physiology of conversion and brain. Sargant wrote the classic text bringing together observations of human personality types and frailty from antiquity hippocrates, pavlovs insights into conditioned patterns of behavior, treatments that. Thomass hospital in london, where he set up shop for his ghoulish mindcontrol experiments in a ratinfested basement. Publisher, heinemann, london, 1957 hardback, rebound 14 bound, cream book cloth with bluegrey ingres boards. See all books authored by william sargant, including battle for the mind. Condition, used good, a clean tight volume without foxing and free of highlights. Sargants career, a number of therapies have come into use, from electric shock to tranquilizers. The likes of former oss agents margaret mead and gregory bateson, physiologist walter b.
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