Hassan’s “authority” does not come from academia but from his past as a “cult” member and a deprogrammer.
Brainwashing
The Truth, Please, About Steven Hassan. 2. “Cults,” “Cults” Everywhere!
From members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to supporters of Donald Trump, all groups Hassan dislikes are identified as “cults.”
The Truth, Please, About Steven Hassan. 1. The “BITE Model” as Pseudoscience
The American anti-cultist’s ideology is just the old, discredited “brainwashing” ideology under a new name.
Argentina y la arquitectura de la sospecha. 3. La traducción penal de lo cotidiano.
Cómo actividades normales y religiosas se traducen al lenguaje del delito cuando se activa el guion antisectas.
Argentina and the Architecture of Suspicion. 3. The Criminal Translation of the Everyday
How ordinary and religious activities are translated into the language of crime when the anti-cult script is activated
Argentina y la arquitectura de la sospecha. 2. Vulnerabilidad expandida
Los fiscales sostienen que cualquiera que se una a un grupo espiritual que ellos no aprueban es “vulnerable”.
Argentina and the Architecture of Suspicion. 2. Expanded Vulnerability
Prosecutors argue that whoever joins a spiritual group they do not approve of is “vulnerable.”
Argentina y la arquitectura de la sospecha. 1. El fantasma en la máquina: “persuasión coercitiva” y el desplazamiento de la prueba
Teorías antiguas y desacreditadas de “lavado de cerebro” y retórica antisectas siguen utilizándose contra minorías espirituales.
Argentina and The Architecture of Suspicion. 1. The Ghost in the Machine: “Coercive Persuasion” and the Displacement of Evidence
Old, discredited “brainwashing” theories and anti-cult rhetoric are still used against spiritual minorities.
When Faith Goes on Trial: France Accuses the Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame of “Brainwashing”
The trial of a Catholic community under flexible ideas of “abuse of weakness” reveals how French anti-cult laws may target almost anyone.