Luigi CorvagliaEuropean Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Cults and Sects (FECRIS)
Luigi Corvaglia
Doctor of Psychology
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Introduction
I am interested in the relationship between free will and persuasion, particularly in the structuring of power relations. The issues I address, then, are those of acquiescence to power, propaganda, undue persuasion, radicalization and psychological warfare.
This study also includes a critical examination of authors who, in my opinion, lack scientific rigour when they hastily defend high-demand groups on the basis of criteria such as the free and rational choice of the adherent (free slavery).
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January 2020 - present
International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)
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- member
April 2006 - present
January 2003 - present
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Publications (16)
This paper examines the controversy over mental manipulation by showing that the reasons for disagreement lie in unclear conceptualization. The literature on mental manipulation is often tainted by the specious use of the metaphor of "brainwashing." This is sometimes used as a pretext to emphasize irrationality and dissociation from science. The pu...
The article examines the controversy over mental manipulation by showing that the reasons for disagreement lie in unclear conceptualization. The literature on mental manipulation is often tainted by the specious use of the metaphor of "brainwashing." This is sometimes used as a pretext to emphasize the irrationality of manipulation and its location...
Introduzione Il tema della manipolazione mentale è uno dei più discussi per le sue implicazioni etiche e le conseguenze che ne potrebbero derivare dal punto di vista legale. Il concetto fece irruzione nella cultura di massa nel 1974 quando un commando di due uomini e una donna dell'Esercito di Liberazione Simbionese, un gruppo terroristico di estre...
The article focuses on the difficulties of attributing joining high-demand groups to a rational decision, as presented by cult apologists. It then addresses critical issues related to the application of rational choice theory to the religious sphere, including in light of the fact that some of the most influential critics of mind control explicitly...
The literature on mind manipulation is often tainted by the specious use of the metaphor brainwashing. This is sometimes done under the guise of emphasising the irrationality of manipulation and showing that it is outside the realm of science.This paper will instead show how the findings of experimental psychology and behavioural economics lead to...
The literature on mental manipulation is often spoiled by a specious use of the "brainwashing" metaphor. This is sometimes done as a pretext to emphasize its irrationality and its being outside the scientific field. Instead, this paper aims to demonstrate how the knowledge acquired by experimental psychology and behavioural economics leads to the i...
This is a chapter from the book "No Guru. Sects and their Defenders" (2020), translated from the Italian. It highlights the paradoxes of cult advocates and introduces the distinction between "relativist" and "differentialist" cult apologists.
The article reviews the critical issues related to the application of the Rational Choice Theory to the religious sphere, as suggested by the Theory of Religious Economy. Psychological and computational difficulties are evaluated together with those linked to the endogenous change of preferences and the social aspects of rationality. Therefore, the...
L' "ineffabilità" dell'esperienza estetica (Freud 1) è il moloch con cui si confrontano e su cui si scontrano gli studi di psicologia dell'arte. Le difficoltà fra cui si dibattono gli autori in questo vasto ambito di ricerca dipendono dal numero di variabili che giocano funzioni di rilievo nella produzione e nella fruizione dell'arte le quali sono...
