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Presentation 2022-12-23 11:15
[Invited Talk] Religion and Violence -- Formation of a fanatic mindset --
Alexander Raevskiy (TU) HIP2022-68
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Religion is usually considered to be a source of psychological comfort and relief for those who suffer, but it can lead to destruction and violence too. Cases of several notorious cults clearly show how people that start with spiritual search can end up as terrorists or religious zealots, killing or dying in the name of religion. Suggested reasons for such asocial and fanatic behavior were often connected with “brainwashing” – a term, which was coined in 1950s, to explain the phenomenon of mind control by certain psychological techniques. Analysis of several cases demonstrates that there are some common methods and manipulative techniques that can be effectively used to reduce ability of critical thinking in an individual, change his moral attitudes and eventually form a different mindset. Moreover, these methods are used nowadays outside religious cults, in order to make a desirable worldview among members of certain organizations or societies.
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(in English) Religious cults / Behavior / Violence / Mind Control / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 122, no. 326, HIP2022-68, pp. 54-58, Dec. 2022.
Paper # HIP2022-68 
Date of Issue 2022-12-15 (HIP) 
ISSN Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee HIP  
Conference Date 2022-12-22 - 2022-12-23 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Research Institute of Electrical Communication 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Multi-modal, KANSEI information processing, Vision and its application, Lifelong sciences, Human information processing 
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Conference Code 2022-12-HIP 
Language English (Japanese title is available) 
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Title (in English) Religion and Violence 
Sub Title (in English) Formation of a fanatic mindset 
Keyword(1) Religious cults  
Keyword(2) Behavior  
Keyword(3) Violence  
Keyword(4) Mind Control  
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1st Author's Name Alexander Raevskiy  
1st Author's Affiliation Tohoku University (TU)
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Date Time 2022-12-23 11:15:00 
Presentation Time 60 minutes 
Registration for HIP 
Paper # HIP2022-68 
Volume (vol) vol.122 
Number (no) no.326 
Page pp.54-58 
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Date of Issue 2022-12-15 (HIP) 


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