Coercive Persuasion: A Socio-psychological Analysis of the “Brainwashing” of American Civilian Prisoners by the Chinese Communists.
"We do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about": First edition of Edgar Schein's Coercive Persuasion; inscribed by him
Coercive Persuasion: A Socio-psychological Analysis of the “Brainwashing” of American Civilian Prisoners by the Chinese Communists.
SCHEIN, Edgar H. with Inge Schneier and Curtis H. Barker.
$1,500.00
Item Number: 141036
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1961.
First edition of Schein’s analysis of the socio-psychological effects of “brainwashing” on American POWs during the Korean War. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “We do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about. Ed Schein Author of Humble Inquiry.” In very good condition with underlining in pencil.
Swiss-born American business theorist, psychologist, and professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management Edgar Schein made notable contributions in the field of organizational development in many areas, including career development, group process consultation, and organizational culture. First published in 1951, Coercive Persuasion contains a detailed analysis of the experiences of a small number of American civilians who were imprisoned by the Chinese Communists between 1950 and 1956.
