The Psychology of Political Cults

Political cults are alive and well. In this video essay, we seek to identify what they are and know their history so that we can avoid the pitfalls of cults and cult-like behaviour.

Thanks to ‪@Anark‬ for lending his voice to the skit!

Title Card Video: Midsommar by Ari Aster
Title Card Audio: Baldur’s Gate 3 Main Menu OST

Introduction - 0:00
What Are Cults? - 4:30
How To Start A Political Cult - 12:34
Political Cults in Action I - 17:15
Skit - 22:41
Political Cults in Action II - 23:41
How To Avoid Political Cults - 27:46
Outro - 32:14

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Sources & Resources:
https://sociologydictionary.org/cult/
Iatrogenic Symptoms Associated with a Therapy Cult by John Hochman - doi:10.1080/00332747.1984.11024257
Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry by Robert Jay Lifton
Responding to Authoritarian Cults and Extreme Exploitations by Steven Hassan & Thomas Gutheil - https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view...
On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left by Dennis Tourish and Tim Wohlforth
Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion by Anthony R. Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson
Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults by Janja Lalich
Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People by Tim Reiterman
Salvation and Suicide by David Chidester
Introduction to ‘Ideological Intransigence, Democratic Centralism and Cultism’ by Dennis Tourish
MOVE - Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion by Marc Galanter
Ex-MOVE members say they were raised in a ‘cult’ where abuse and homophobia ran rampant
https://www.murderatryansrun.com/
https://leavingmove2021.blogspot.com/
Introduction to ‘Ideological Intransigence, Democratic Centralism and Cultism’
https://www.tumblr.com/timemachineyea...