User:Abbie Normal/Janja Lalich
| Janja Lalich | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 |
| Occupation | Professor, Sociology, California State University, Chico |
| Organization | Cult Awareness Network, Center for Research on Influence and Control |
| Notable work(s) | Bounded choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults |
| Website | cultresearch.org |
Janja Lalich is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico, known for her study of the inner workings of cults.
She was a member of the radicalTemplate:Fact "Democratic Workers Party" for 11 years, a group she now considers a cult. Motivated by her personal history ("I wanted to figure out what the heck happened to me"),[1] her research has focused on what she considered to be cult groups, specializing in charismatic authority, power relations, ideology, and social control.[2] Lalich published her Ph.D. dissertation on "Bounded Choice: The Fusion of Personal Freedom and Self-Renunciation in Two Transcendent Groups" in 2000.[3] It was later developed into the 2004 book Bounded Choice.[4] Lalich was associated with the Cult Awareness Network.
Education
Lalich earned a Bachelor of Arts in French from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1967. She was a Fulbright Scholar and conducted her post-graduate research at the University dAix-en-Provence in France.[5]
Lalich has a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from[6] Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California.[2]
Published works
Books
- Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships (2006), ISBN 0-9720021-5-4, with Madeleine Tobias (2nd ed. of Captive Hearts, Captive Minds)
- Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults (2004), ISBN 0-520-23194-5
- Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field (2001), ISBN 0-8020-4373-9, contributor
- Women Under the Influence: A Study of Women's Lives in Totalist Groups. Cultic Studies Journal 14:1 (special issue), 1997.
- "Crazy" Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? (1996), ISBN 0-7879-0278-0, with Margaret Singer
- Cults in Our Midst (1995), ISBN 0-7879-0051-6, with Margaret Singer
- Captive Hearts, Captive Minds: Freedom and Recovery from Cults and Abusive Relationships (1994), ISBN 0-89793-145-9
Articles
- "Repairing The Soul After A Cult Experience", CSNetwork Magazine, Spring 1996, pp. 30–33
- "Using the Bounded Choice Model as an Analytical Tool: A Case Study of Heaven's Gate", Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 3, No.3
- "The Cadre Ideal: Origins and Development of a Political Cult", Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 9, No.1
- Introduction: "We Own Her Now", Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 14, No.1
- "Dominance and Submission: The Psychosexual Exploitation of Women in Cults", Cultic Studies Journal, Vol.14, No.1
- "Women Under the Influence: A Study of Women's Lives in Totalist Groups", Guest Editor, Special issue, Cultic Studies Journal, Vol.14, No.1
References
- ↑ Cult Expert Janja Lalich Offers New Theory on Brainwashing, Inside Chico State, April 17, 2003, Volume 33, Number 14
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zablocki, Benjamin; Thomas Robbins (2001). Misunderstanding Cults (book). University of Toronto Press. p. 522. ISBN 0-8020-8188-6.
- ↑ Lalich, Janja., "Bounded Choice: The Fusion of Personal Freedom and Self-Renunciation in Two Transcendent Groups." Ph.D. dissertation., Santa Barbara, California, Fielding Institute., 2000.
- ↑ Lalich, Janja (2004). Bounded choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23194-5.
- ↑ DECLARATION OF JANJA LALICH IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION, Superior Court, San Mateo, California, August 16, 1995
- ↑ Former Cult Members and Support Groups, FACTnet.
External links
- CNN Interview with Yanya Lalich, CNN Impact, March 30, 1997
- Profile, ICSA profile
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- Researchers of new religious movements and cults
- Anti-cult organizations and individuals
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- People from Chico, California
- California State University, Chico faculty
- Women sociologists
- Former members of New Religious Movements
- Fulbright Scholars
- Brainwashing theory proponents