Groupthink : a study in self delusion
Booker, Christopher2020
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Christopher Booker seeks to identify the hidden key to understanding much that is disturbing about the world today. With reference to the ideas of a Yale professor who first identified the theory, and to the writings of George Orwell from whose 'newspeak' the word was adapted, Booker sheds new light on the remarkable and worrying effects of 'groupthink', and its influence on our society. Booker defines the three rules of groupthink- the adoption of a common view or belief not based on objective reality; the establishment of a consensus of right-minded people, an 'in group'; and the need to treat the views of anyone who questions the belief as wholly unacceptable. He shows how various interest groups, journalists and even governments in the twenty-first century have subscribed to this way of thinking, with deeply disturbing results. As Booker shows, such thinking has led to a culture of fear, with countless examples throughout history, from Revolutionary Russia to Napoleonic France and Hitler's Germany.
Main title:
Groupthink : a study in self delusion / Christopher Booker ; edited by Richard North.
Author:
Booker, Christopher, authorNorth, Richard, editor
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2020.©2020.
Collation:
xii, 223 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472979544 (tpb)9781472959058 (hb : hardback)9781472959089 (ebook)9781472959072 (epdf)
Dewey class:
302.3
Language:
English
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BRN:
638118