The Instability of Truth
Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion
$34.43
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2025
Summary
Because brainwashing affects both the world and our observation of the world, we often don’t recognize it while it’s happening—unless we know where to look. As Rebecca Lemov writes in The Instability of Truth, “Brainwashing erases itself.” What we call brainwashing is more common than we think; it is not so much what happens to other people as what can happen to anyone.
The Instability of Truth exposes the myriad ways our minds can be controlled against our will, fro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781324075264 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1324075260 |
| Author: | Rebecca Lemov |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 661g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 163mm x 239mm |
You Can Find This Book In
Critics Review
“Thoughtful [and] well-supported… offers vivid snapshots of individual cases” – The New York Times Book Review
“Sensitively written… will leave readers puzzling over how much we resist, submit to, or even desire to be ‘done over’ by external influences” – Science Magazine
“Rebecca Lemov… brilliantly chronicles chillingly true attempts to program other people’s minds and control their actions.” – The Boston Globe
“If the lessons of history in Lemov’s book coupled with the ongoing insights of the political neuroscientists are even half right, we should all be paying very, very close attention.” – Liz Else - New Scientist
Rebecca Lemov
Rebecca Lemov is a historian of science at Harvard University and has been a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute. Her research explores data, technology, and the history of human and behavioral sciences. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.