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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Lalich, Janja. Bounded choice. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2004000767 (OCoLC)54046983 |
Material Type: | Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Janja Lalich |
ISBN: | 9780520937512 0520937511 0520231945 9780520231948 0520240189 9780520240186 1417545240 9781417545247 |
OCLC Number: | 56733455 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 329 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Cults and True Believers; part one: Heaven's Gate; part two: The Democratic Workers Party; part three: Theoretical Perspective; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
Responsibility: | Janja Lalich. |
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Abstract:
Heaven's Gate, a secretive group of celibate 'monks' awaiting pickup by a UFO, captured intense public attention in 1997 when its members committed collective suicide. This book explains how normal, intelligent people can give up years of their lives - and sometimes their very lives - to groups and beliefs that appear bizarre and irrational.
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