{"product_id":"escaping-utopia-growing-up-in-a-cult-getting-out-and-starting-over-paperback-1","title":"Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanja Lalich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKarla McLaren\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eEscaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJanja Lalich\u003c\/strong\u003e is a researcher, author, and educator specializing in self-sealing systems (cults, terrorist groups, situations of undue influence, and ideological extremism), with a particular focus on recruitment, indoctrination, and methods of influence and control. She is Professor Emerita of Sociology at California State University, Chico and has been studying the social psychology of controversial groups and exploitative and abusive relationships for thirty years.Her publications include \u003cem\u003eTake Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships \u003c\/em\u003e(Bay Tree Press 2006) and \u003cem\u003eBounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults\u003c\/em\u003e (University of California Press 2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarla McLaren\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning author and social science researcher who grew up in a New Age healing cult in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her recent publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Empathy: A Complete Guide to Life's Most Essential Skill\u003c\/em\u003e (Sounds True 2013) and \u003cem\u003eThe Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You\u003c\/em\u003e (Sounds True 2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42634752884832,"sku":"9781138239746","price":115.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/ckw1ckl0QTlpNlhWZ1JjcDgvZSttUT09.webp?v=1772664554","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/escaping-utopia-growing-up-in-a-cult-getting-out-and-starting-over-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}