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"Classic Returns!....In this expanded edition of the 1978 original, Conway and Siegelman continue their study of the altering of the American psyche, which has led to the rise of religious cults, super Christian sects, private citizen militias, and other phenomena that dominate today's headlines. Probably more timely now than when first published, this is an important title for academic and public libraries." - Library Journal "Their book is judicious, sensible, well-researched and very frightening." - New York Times Book Review "It is a book of investigative reporting at its best." - New York Post "What Woodward and Bernstein were to Watergate, Conway and Siegelman may well be to the cults." - United Press International "Credible and chilling . . . The second edition of SNAPPING is as important a resource in understanding spreading societal chaos as the first edition was in explaining the chaos of cults." - Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Important. . . . this book provides a tool to exercise judgment, monitor incoming information, and interpret what has become an increasingly intrusive battle for our minds. . . . At its core, it is language that holds the key to our mental health or to our destruction. What George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is to literature, 'SNAPPING' is to non-fiction." - Albuquerque Journal "In a prophetic vein. . . . SNAPPING is not only fascinating and frightening reading, it is also extremely well-written. . . . The escalating pattern of cult fanaticism and religious-political terror that the authors call a 'death spiral' seems to be widening. If we do nothing to understand and ultimately reverse that pattern, it will pull more and more innocent people into its vortex." - Cleveland Jewish News "For anyone threatened with snapping, this book is a dispassionate, valuable study of an often frightening phenomenon." - People "There is no doubt that Conway and Siegelman are opening the door on areas of human understanding that have never been examined and that are in urgent need of study." - New Society "SNAPPING is an exciting and responsible and original piece of research that has taught this old poop amazing new ways to think about the human mind." - Kurt Vonnegut "SNAPPING is by far the best and most scientific treatment of the cult problem yet published. For the scientist, politician, clergy or parent, it is valuable and wonderfully readable." - John G. Clark, M.D. Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School "Conway and Siegelman . . . place cultic behavior in the wider context of the communication revolution of our time. . . Indeed, SNAPPING unfolds as a traveling detective investigation. . . . they very capably trace and analyze the course of the phenomenon and . . . contribute greatly to our understanding of it." - The Cult Observer "Conway and Siegelman are onto something important. . . . SNAPPING is a fascinating book with frightening implications." - Edward T. Hall, author of The Silent Language "[The] classic book on cults, still the best book ever. . . . Believe me, folks, these are the real experts." - Geraldo Rivera
- Sales Rank: #736912 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Stillpoint Press, Inc.
- Published on: 1995
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.14" h x .78" w x 9.21" l, 1.15 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 380 pages
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From Library Journal
In this expanded edition of the 1978 original, Conway and Siegelman continue their study of the altering of the American psyche, which has led to the rise of religious cults, super Christian sects, private citizen militias, and other phenomena that dominate today's headlines. Probably more timely now than when first published, this is an important title for academic and public libraries.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Scientific American
Explores the way cults and other factors are causing people to give themselves over to those like David Koresh of Waco infamy, or becoming walking time bombs like Timothy McVeigh, the alleged perpetrator of the Oklahoma bombing...a powerful look at a social phenomenon that is making headlines.
From The New Yorker
Their book is judicious, sensible, well-researched and very frightening.
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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
An Imperfect but Important Work
By Gordon Neufeld
This book looks at a phenomenon that many people are reluctant to admit even happens: sudden transformations in individuals' characters precipitated specifically by the intentional manipulations of others. This book also looks beyond the manipulations of cults and considers other ways in which modern society, by the very nature of the rapid changes it is undergoing, can precipitate "snapping" or sudden personality change. I think the book tries to extrapolate its central thesis too broadly. At time the authors seem to be merely shopping around for ways to make their ideas sound even bigger and more general in their application. I would have preferred if they had maintained a more narrow focus upon cult members only and upon the ways cult members endure "snapping" and thus can sometimes also be "snapped out" of their programming. As a former member of the Unification Church (the "Moonies") I myself endured this kind of sudden transformation. It certainly needs to be taken seriously and not denied. Nevertheless, former cult members will likely find that Steven Hassan's book, "Combatting Cult Mind Control," is more useful than this book in assisting their own personal recovery.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Helps explain a scary phenomenon
By B. N. Morgan
Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change is a well written, well researched book about the influences of cults, mind control, thought reform, coercive persuasion and severe pressure.
It explains well what causes people to 'snap', and it also explains how snapping is brought about in cult situations.
In addition, the book offers some hope for getting people out of these unethically influenced states of mind in the cases of cults, 'human potential' organisations, and 'self help' seminars.
Many 'human potential' organisations, and 'self help' seminars use similar methods to those employed by cults. Beware. Research them well through the Internet and through people who have done these courses beforehand. Too many sad stories are available on the 'net about the negative influence of such organisations. Not all of them are bad, but do the research beforehand.
Many of these courses promises breakthroughs. Sadly, the moment of breakthrough is often actually the moment of breakdown.
This book will give readers an understanding of sudden personality change and being educated about it is the first step to being able to do something about it if, as in my case, you have had a loved one subjected to these unethical practices.
Believe me, it is a frightening and hurtful experience. For me, it has been going on for a year. For others, sometimes it has gone on for decades.
Also, if you are interested in Jim Jones, Jonestown, and the People's Temple or David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and the Waco tragedy, this book offers a good breakdown of what happened.
I highly recommend it. It is one of the best books on what happens to people in cults, and other situations that cause sudden personality changes.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Exposing cult control tactics
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Cults provided the authors a research perspective on snapping and opened the door wider into areas where it flourishes less strikingly. If insight into the dynamics of the basics of how cults pull innocent people into their vortexes, this book will explain much.
I expected the book to be more broad in its research scope, but their approach into studying snapping through cults was necessary as the two authors (one with a degree in philosophy, the other, communication) broke ground in the mysteries of what was happening to people whose minds were transformed, sometimes almost overnight. As it is heavy on cults, readers can expect lots of background into the inside dynamics of all varieties of cults including Christian, Hindu, new age, and self-help. Afterward, a special chapter is devoted to snapping in general society.
There is no mention of mainstream self-help figures, and I don't think the authors would put them in their radar, but through reading this book, it is made clear that all self-help programs use the same elements as the cults, though in more moderation. There is always the charismatic leader whose energy ignites sparks in the listeners. Anthony Robbins, through his programs, entices listeners to "dream big" and, during goal setting exercises, asks them if they would like to have things like "chefs," "gardeners," and other extremely nice but extremely expensive luxuries affordable to those who "make it" financially. And, in his real-world transformation seminars, participants engage in events like fire walks to change their limiting beliefs. Indeed still others such as Dr. Oz or Joel Osteen offer services to their audience, but we learn that, as the youngest ever ordained minister-turned Oscar winning documentary maker Marjoe reveals (p.41), "It's the charisma of the evangelist that the audience believes in and comes to see." That may be obvious, but it helps to hear it straight from someone who left the industry after he saw through how his "healing powers" were phony, fraudulent, and damaging lives. More startling is when he explains that in his travels to college campuses (full of bright minds) how he explicitly tells groups that he is a phony, then proceeds still to get someone on stage, lay hands on someone in a demonstration, and cause them to drop to the floor in "healing."
Parts of the book read like a 60 minutes interview, which give the reader a point of reference beyond the authors' research and really make obvious the impact these destructive abuses take on people's lives. I was shocked to find out that the Church of Scientology's methods of auditing are, per hour gone through, more destructive (by roughly two fold) than the other cults.
What are we to do as a society about this? It's a gray area that these non-profit organizations operate in and are exploiting. The government hasn't touched the issue because the cults can claim religious persecution, even though (p. 291) "the bureau [FBI] strongly believes in mind control" said Richard Scruggs, Assistant to former Attorney General Janet Reno. The book raises tough questions, such as "Is an individual free to give up his freedom of thought?" (p. 70).
For those of us who have not directly or indirectly dealt with cults, chapter seventeen Snapping in Everyday Life cautions that there are still concerns to be had for the rest of us. The authors describe information disease, which is one component of how a mind is put at risk to snap. ID describes the overwhelming amount of input we receive every day: radio, TV, news, job stress and "countless interests competing for our attention." It causes sickness by causing our brains to surrender and just not think; the brain cannot process it all and becomes increasingly vulnerable.
Especially vulnerable are young minds, but not so much from the stress, but more the hypnotic power of television. (p.309) "A 1992 study found that children watching television for even brief periods often lapse into a 'deeply relaxed, almost semi-conscious state' that falls metabolically between resting and sleeping." Also, social skills are prone to be grossly underdeveloped.
Then also, what might the implications be for extremist groups that commit terrorist acts? We learn that leaders of these groups need not be highly trained to manufacture followers willing to give their lives and die for their cause; these tactics are not reserved for government officials and three-letter bureaus. And, we might expect only religious fanatics or naive individuals to be lead into these traps, but we learn that many groups specifically target wealthy middle-class Americans in unsuspecting places like shopping malls.
How can we spot these recruiters? How can young adults pick them out on college campuses? What are the warning signs that a friend or loved one might be in danger? In answering these questions, Snapping is an important book with a dire message.
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