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The Psychology of Totalitarianism

The Psychology of Totalitarianism
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At the end of February 2020, the global village began to shake on its foundations. The world was presented with a foreboding crisis, the consequences of which were incalculable. In a matter of weeks, everyone was gripped by the story of a virus—a story that was undoubtedly based on facts. But on which ones?

Mattias Desmet
Mattias Desmet
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Mattias Desmet is a professor of psychology at Ghent University and author of “The Psychology of Totalitarianism.” He articulated the theory of mass formation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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