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//The art of brainwashing and the effects of conditioning//

//Brainwashing: the science of thought control// by Kathleen Taylor

In this book, Taylor goes into great depth to mention how brainwashing is not complete "hogwash" but instead "affects us all one way or the other". Her book is divided into three parts. The first focuses " on the history and the social psychology of brainwashing." In this, she talks about religion, politics, advertising and media, along with other subjects. She mentions the "terror of brainwashing" and how we think that "our minds are strong and solid" so that we believe that we can't be brainwashed. To explain this further she says, " we prefer to think that, like diamonds, they keep their shape as the pressure on them rises, until at last (under the force of brainwashing) they shatter to pieces." In the second part of the book, she mentions "the traitor in the skull". By this, she specifically talks about the science behind brainwashing and what happens to our brains. Lastly, the third part of the book talks about the implications of brainwashing and the repracussions of it.