Escaping Utopia
Janja Lalich
We think of cults as bizarre, inexplicable, or otherworldly places that only strange people inhabit, but cults and other abusive and high-demand groups (and relationships) are actually quite commonplace. In fact, the behaviors, social pressures, and authoritarian structures that create cults exist to a greater or lesser extent in every human relationship and every human group. In the first in-depth research of its kind, the author interviewed sixty-five people who were born in or grew up in thirty-nine different cultic groups spanning more than a dozen countries. What’s especially interesting about these individuals is that they each left the cult on their own, without outside help or internal support. In Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over, the authors craft Lalich’s original and groundbreaking research into an accessible and engaging book, the first of its kind focusing on this particular population.
Author - Janja Lalich.
Narrator - Kelly Burke.
Published Date - Wednesday, 03 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
We think of cults as bizarre, inexplicable, or otherworldly places that only strange people inhabit, but cults and other abusive and high-demand groups (and relationships) are actually quite commonplace. In fact, the behaviors, social pressures, and authoritarian structures that create cults exist to a greater or lesser extent in every human relationship and every human group. In the first in-depth research of its kind, the author interviewed sixty-five people who were born in or grew up in thirty-nine different cultic groups spanning more than a dozen countries. What’s especially interesting about these individuals is that they each left the cult on their own, without outside help or internal support. In Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over, the authors craft Lalich’s original and groundbreaking research into an accessible and engaging book, the first of its kind focusing on this particular population. Author - Janja Lalich. Narrator - Kelly Burke. Published Date - Wednesday, 03 January 2024.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:00:14
Chapter 2
Duration:00:29:28
Chapter 3
Duration:01:02:59
Chapter 4
Duration:00:37:09
Chapter 5
Duration:00:58:24
Chapter 6
Duration:01:02:29
Chapter 7
Duration:01:08:23
Chapter 8
Duration:01:05:39
Chapter 9
Duration:00:54:16
Chapter 10
Duration:00:01:00