Bounded Choice

Bounded Choice

Infobox Book
name = Bounded Choice
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Bounded Choice
author = Janja Lalich
illustrator =
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series =
subject = Cults
genre = nonfiction
psychology
cults
publisher = University of California Press
release_date = September 15, 2004
english_release_date =
media_type = Paperback
pages = 353
isbn = ISBN 0-520-24018-9
preceded_by = Captive Hearts, Captive Minds,
Cults in Our Midst
followed_by =

"Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults" is a nonfiction psychology book on cults, by Janja Lalich, Ph.D.. The book was published by University of California Press in 2004.

Lalich had previously published her Ph.D. dissertation on "Bounded Choice: The Fusion of Personal Freedom and Self-Renunciation in Two Transcendent Groups." [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.]

Methodologies

Dr. Lalich's methodologies were influenced by the work of Anthony Giddens, Herbert Simon and Robert Jay Lifton [Lorne L. Dawson, "American Journal of Sociology", vol.111, part 1 (2005), pg. 663–665 ] . The Heaven's Gate cult is used as a model for analyzing the cult structurecite book
last = Zablocki
first = Benjamin
authorlink = Benjamin Zablocki
coauthors = Thomas Robbins
title = Misunderstanding Cults (book)
publisher = University of Toronto Press
date = 2001
location =
pages = 522
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0802081886] . Lalich had previously performed a comparative study on both the Heaven's Gate cult and the Democratic Workers Party, which was incorporated into the book.

Reception

Harmon wrote that Lalich developed a "definitional framework", which helped illustrate how charismatic cult leaders can dominate the members of their movementsMarion Harmon, " [http://www.csuchico.edu/pub/cs/fall_04%20/feature_04.html Demystifying Cults] ", Chico Statements, California State University.] .

References

External links

*" [http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_articles/lalich_janja_boundedchoice_abs.htm Using the Bounded Choice Model as an Analytical Tool] ", Janja Lalich, Ph.D., "Cultic Studies Review", Vol. 3, No. 3, 2004

See also

*Margaret Singer, Ph.D.
*Robert Jay Lifton
*Janja Lalich, Ph.D.
*Heaven's Gate (cult)
*Anthony Giddens
*Herbert Simon
*Charismatic authority


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