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Tag: Soviet Sphere

A “Common Madness”: TV Psychics and Hypnosis in the Soviet Union

9 January 2018 | by ubsmar004 | Categories: General, Research

Did Soviet broadcasters use hypnosis to persuade their viewers to conform to communism? Simon Huxtable explores the story of TV ‘psychotherapist’ Anatoly Kashpirovsky, and the rise of parapsychology and suggestion in the last years of the Soviet Union.

Brainwashing in Communist Czechoslovakia – And After

6 September 2017 | by ubsmar004 | Categories: General, Research

Sarah Marks on how ‘brainwashing’ was used as a Cold War code-word for Communist mass indoctrination; and to express anxieties about consumerism after ’89.

Psychotherapy for Champions: Autosuggestion, ‘Self-Perfection’ and the Training of Soviet Athletes

16 May 2017 | by ubsmar004 | Categories: General, Research

Aleksandra Brokman on the USSR’s use of psychological techniques to improve athletes’ performance, when sport was a key arena of Cold War competition.

What We’re Reading Now: Across the Iron Curtain

10 May 2017 | by ubsmar004 | Categories: General, Research

Sarah Marks reflects on histories of the human sciences across East and West, and what we could still learn about the ‘psy’ professions in the Cold War.

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