: A leader who is viewed as having special, often divine, powers, creating a bond of both love and fear.
: Explicit rules, regulations, and behavioral norms that dictate daily life and instill a constant sense of duty or guilt.
Lalich identifies that create this bounded reality:
The book draws on Lalich's own experience as a former high-ranking member of the (a radical political cult) and a comparative analysis of the Heaven's Gate UFO religion. By examining these two very different groups, she demonstrates that the mechanics of bounded choice apply across various ideological spectrums. Availability and Details
: Psychological and social manipulation (e.g., "love bombing," shame, or peer pressure) that reshapes the individual's identity to fit the group. Case Studies
: A leader who is viewed as having special, often divine, powers, creating a bond of both love and fear.
: Explicit rules, regulations, and behavioral norms that dictate daily life and instill a constant sense of duty or guilt. Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic ...
Lalich identifies that create this bounded reality: : A leader who is viewed as having
The book draws on Lalich's own experience as a former high-ranking member of the (a radical political cult) and a comparative analysis of the Heaven's Gate UFO religion. By examining these two very different groups, she demonstrates that the mechanics of bounded choice apply across various ideological spectrums. Availability and Details By examining these two very different groups, she
: Psychological and social manipulation (e.g., "love bombing," shame, or peer pressure) that reshapes the individual's identity to fit the group. Case Studies
