Bounded Choice

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Bounded Choice
Author Janja Lalich
Country United States
Language English
Subject(s) Cults
Genre(s) nonfiction
psychology
cults
Publisher University of California Press
Publication date September 15, 2004
Media type Paperback
Pages 353
ISBN ISBN 0-520-24018-9
Preceded by Captive Hearts, Captive Minds,
Cults in Our Midst

Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults is a nonfiction psychology book on cults, by Janja Lalich, Ph.D.. The book was published by University of California Press in 2004.

Lalich had previously published her Ph.D. dissertation on "Bounded Choice: The Fusion of Personal Freedom and Self-Renunciation in Two Transcendent Groups."[1]

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[edit] Methodologies

Dr. Lalich's methodologies were influenced by the work of Anthony Giddens, Herbert Simon and Robert Jay Lifton[2]. The Heaven's Gate cult is used as a model for analyzing the cult structure[3][4]. Lalich had previously performed a comparative study on both the Heaven's Gate cult and the Democratic Workers Party, which was incorporated into the book[4].

[edit] Reception

Harmon wrote that Lalich developed a "definitional framework", which helped illustrate how charismatic cult leaders can dominate the members of their movements[3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lalich, Janja., "Bounded Choice: The Fusion of Personal Freedom and Self-Renunciation in Two Transcendent Groups." Ph.D. dissertation., Santa Barbara, California, Fielding Institute., 2000.
  2. ^ Lorne L. Dawson, American Journal of Sociology, vol.111, part 1 (2005), pg. 663–665
  3. ^ a b Marion Harmon, Demystifying Cults, Chico Statements, California State University.
  4. ^ a b Zablocki, Benjamin; Thomas Robbins (2001). Misunderstanding Cults (book). University of Toronto Press, 522. ISBN 0802081886. 

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