{"product_id":"destroying-the-world-to-save-it-aum-shinrikyo-apocalyptic-violence-and-the-new-global-terrorism-paperback","title":"Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Jay Lifton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational Book Award winner and renowned psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton reveals a world at risk from millennial cults intent on ending it all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the earliest moments of recorded history, prophets and gurus have foretold the world's end, but only in the nuclear age has it been possible for a megalomaniac guru with a world-ending vision to bring his prophecy to pass. Now Robert Jay Lifton offers a vivid and disturbing case in point in this chilling exploration of Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese cult that released sarin nerve gas in the Tokyo subways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith unprecedented access to former Aum members, Lifton has produced a pathbreaking study of the inner life of a modern millennial cult. He shows how Aum's guru Shoko Asahara (charismatic spiritual leader, con man, madman) created a religion from a global stew of New Age thinking, ancient rituals, and apocalyptic science fiction, then recruited scientists as disciples and set them to producing weapons of mass destruction. Taking stock as well of Charles Manson, Heaven's Gate, and the Oklahoma City bombers, Lifton confronts the frightening possibility of a twenty-first century in which cults and terrorists may be able to bring about their own holocausts. \u003cbr\u003eBold and compelling, Destroying the World to Save It charts the emergence of a new global threat of urgent concern to us all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA distinguished professor of psychology and psychiatry at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Robert Jay Lifton is the author of many important works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Nazis' Doctors\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, and \u003ci\u003eDeath in Life\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 8.27 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761336746272,"sku":"9780805065114","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/035350ac925d71ff7d0598551510cd58.webp?v=1780204875","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/destroying-the-world-to-save-it-aum-shinrikyo-apocalyptic-violence-and-the-new-global-terrorism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}