Robert Jay Lifton | |
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 Lifton in 2000 | |
| Born | May 16, 1926 |
| Alma mater | Cornell University New York Medical College |
| Known for | Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism; Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima; The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | psychiatry, psychohistory, mind control, thought reform |
| Institutions | Washington School of Psychiatry Harvard University John Jay College of Criminal Justice Yale University |
Robert Jay Lifton (born May 16, 1926) is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of wars and political violence, and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory.