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 Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:33 pm |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_control
The OED records its earliest known English-language usage of
"brainwashing" by Edward Hunter in New Leader on 7 October 1950.
During the Korean War, Hunter, who was working both as a journalist
and a U.S. intelligence agent, turned out a steady stream of books and
articles on the theme of Chinese brainwashing.
The Chinese term 洗腦 (xǐ năo, literally "wash brain") originally
referred to methodologies of coercive persuasion used in the 改造 (gǎi
zào, "reconstruction", "change", "altering") of the so-called feudal (封
建 fēng jiàn) thought-patterns of pre-revolutionary Chinese citizens.
The goal of the Maoist regime in China was to transform an individual
with a "feudal" or capitalist mindset into a "right-thinking" member
of the new social system. To that end they developed techniques that
would break down the psychic integrity of the individual with regard
to information processing, information retained in the mind and
individual values.
Chosen techniques included, dehumanizing of individuals by keeping
them in filth, sleep deprivation, partial sensory deprivation,
psychological harassment, inculcation of guilt, group social pressure. |
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