Mattias Desmet’s The Psychology of Totalitarianism puts forward a compelling new theory about unconscious group behaviour in the political sphere.
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When emotionally aroused, the human mind focuses so intensely on the object in question that all dissenting information is devalued and excluded.
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Having a strong political opinion and cheering for a leader may both feel virtuous, but they may also represent error and misjudgement, if unexamined.
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The rigid polarization we see today in politics is a reflection of a win/lose style of thinking that has to change if societies are to thrive.
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Political parties are formulas to bind groups together towards an objective, but they are also exercises in static and fixed thinking.
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Mutual needs satisfaction, based on a fundamental understanding of our innate needs and resources, is the means of achieving sustainable peace in politics
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Cult-thinking is not limited to those bizarre groupings of people most easily recognized as “cults.” It exists in all areas life, and not least in politics.
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We usually reserve the word "cult" for groups that commit mass suicide by drinking poison-laced purple cool-aid. But aspects of cult-behaviour can be found nearly everywhere.
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