Death in Jonestown: Techniques of Political Control by a Paranoid Leader
- 31 December 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wiley in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Vol. 10 (4) , 210-213
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278x.1980.tb00701.x
Abstract
Jim Jones and Jonestown are discussed from a "political control" point of view. Seven basic techniques of political control are identified: Control of property and income, weakening of family ties, a sociopolitical caste system, control of egression (escape), control of verbal expression, cognitive control and emotional control. Jonestown is identified as a mini-totalitarian state ruled by a delusional and paranoid person.Keywords
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