Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-08-31
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 145
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Kamala Shuts Down the DNC Imane Khelif and the Co-option of the Mexican Terfs Transnational Repression of Sikh Independence Activists Political Cults: The Democratic Workers Party feat.
Andrew Sage discussed On the Edge by Dennis Tourish and others and Bounded Choice by Janja Lalich.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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On the Edge
On the Edge: Political Cults Left and Right by Dennis Tourish and Tim Wohlforth is an analytical exploration of how political cults operate and recruit members across the ideological spectrum.
Discussed“Continuing with the work of Dennis Turish and Tim Wolforth in their book on the edge political cults left and right. I've spoken before about the cult recruitment process”
Where to get it
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Bounded Choice
Discussed“I also got some information on Dixon's activity, not just from On the Edge, but also from the book Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults by Janja Lich, who was actually a member of Dixon's Democratic Workers Party for 10 years.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Phenomenology of Mind
“that was the man himself, George Wilham Frederick Hegel from the phenomenology of mind. I'm going to go full Caesar [ __ ] post here.”