This article is a digest of work on ‘high control groups’ and Joost Meerloo’s book published post second world war on Menticide and the psychology of thought control. In order to position myself as to the research, my own interests have been developing through a study of what I call “sublegal violence” after studying the psychology and sociology of dehumanisation.
This article takes an excerpt of an important book for both its historical context and it’s content. In the field of Mad Studies – an emerging area of study in academia which, although a part of formal education, extends well beyond its borders – the ideas presented in the book hold a high degree of relevance. In this book ‘Mental Seduction and Menticide; The Psychology of Thought Control and Brainwashing‘ by Dr Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo, various notions of mental coercion are discussed in context with the dangers of totalitarianism and domination of the individual. Read more…