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- Summary
- First popularized during the 1950s, the concept of brainwashing is often viewed as an example of Cold War paranoia, an amusing relic of a bygone era. Yet as Matthew W. Dunne shows in this study, over time brainwashing came to connote much more than a sinister form of Communist mind control, taking on broader cultural and political meanings. Moving beyond well-known debates over Korean War POWs and iconic cultural texts like The Manchurian Candidate, Dunne explores the impact of the idea of brainwashing on popular concerns about freedom, individualism, loyalty, and trust in authority. By the late 1950s the concept had been appropriated into critiques of various aspects of American life such as an insistence on conformity, the alleged softening of American men, and rampant consumerism fueled by corporate advertising that used hidden or subliminal forms of persuasion. Because of these associations and growing anxieties about the potential misuse of psychology, concerns about brainwashing contributed to a new emphasis on individuality and skepticism toward authority in the 1960s. The notion even played an unusual role in the 1968 presidential race, when Republican frontrunner George Romney's claim that he had been brainwashed about the Vietnam War by the Johnson administration effectively destroyed his campaign. In addition to analyzing the evolving meaning of brainwashing over an extended period of time, A Cold War State of Mind explores the class and gender implications of the idea, such as the assumption that working-class POWs were more susceptible to mind control and that women were more easily taken in by the manipulations of advertisers --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 281 pages
- Contents
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- "There is no 'behind the lines' any longer."
- The origins of brainwashing
- The many faces of the communist enemy
- Korean War POWs and a reevaluation of the national character
- Motherhood and male autonomy during the Cold War
- "A disquieting invasion of our mental domain."
- Hidden persuaders on the home front
- The limits of individuality in postwar America
- The legacy of brain warfare
- Isbn
- 9781625340405
- Label
- A Cold War state of mind : brainwashing and postwar American society
- Title
- A Cold War state of mind
- Title remainder
- brainwashing and postwar American society
- Statement of responsibility
- Matthew W. Dunne
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- First popularized during the 1950s, the concept of brainwashing is often viewed as an example of Cold War paranoia, an amusing relic of a bygone era. Yet as Matthew W. Dunne shows in this study, over time brainwashing came to connote much more than a sinister form of Communist mind control, taking on broader cultural and political meanings. Moving beyond well-known debates over Korean War POWs and iconic cultural texts like The Manchurian Candidate, Dunne explores the impact of the idea of brainwashing on popular concerns about freedom, individualism, loyalty, and trust in authority. By the late 1950s the concept had been appropriated into critiques of various aspects of American life such as an insistence on conformity, the alleged softening of American men, and rampant consumerism fueled by corporate advertising that used hidden or subliminal forms of persuasion. Because of these associations and growing anxieties about the potential misuse of psychology, concerns about brainwashing contributed to a new emphasis on individuality and skepticism toward authority in the 1960s. The notion even played an unusual role in the 1968 presidential race, when Republican frontrunner George Romney's claim that he had been brainwashed about the Vietnam War by the Johnson administration effectively destroyed his campaign. In addition to analyzing the evolving meaning of brainwashing over an extended period of time, A Cold War State of Mind explores the class and gender implications of the idea, such as the assumption that working-class POWs were more susceptible to mind control and that women were more easily taken in by the manipulations of advertisers --
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- 1980-
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- Dunne, Matthew W.
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- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Culture, politics, and the Cold War
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- Politics and culture
- Cold War
- Brainwashing
- Cold War
- Popular culture
- United States
- Label
- A Cold War state of mind : brainwashing and postwar American society, Matthew W. Dunne
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-269) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- "There is no 'behind the lines' any longer." -- The origins of brainwashing -- The many faces of the communist enemy -- Korean War POWs and a reevaluation of the national character -- Motherhood and male autonomy during the Cold War -- "A disquieting invasion of our mental domain." -- Hidden persuaders on the home front -- The limits of individuality in postwar America -- The legacy of brain warfare
- Control code
- FIEb17495349
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 281 pages
- Isbn
- 9781625340405
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (DLC)17874055
- (DLC)2013031732
- (OCoLC)844729421
- Label
- A Cold War state of mind : brainwashing and postwar American society, Matthew W. Dunne
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-269) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- "There is no 'behind the lines' any longer." -- The origins of brainwashing -- The many faces of the communist enemy -- Korean War POWs and a reevaluation of the national character -- Motherhood and male autonomy during the Cold War -- "A disquieting invasion of our mental domain." -- Hidden persuaders on the home front -- The limits of individuality in postwar America -- The legacy of brain warfare
- Control code
- FIEb17495349
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 281 pages
- Isbn
- 9781625340405
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (DLC)17874055
- (DLC)2013031732
- (OCoLC)844729421
Subject
- Cold War -- Influence
- Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States
- Politics and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
- Brainwashing -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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