tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195748.post2689800159116670509..comments2023-11-05T11:18:01.427+00:00Comments on portugal contemporâneo: fugir da tramparui a.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12719782890063965694noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195748.post-66378455637781633382015-10-14T10:24:51.071+01:002015-10-14T10:24:51.071+01:00"In political as in religious cults, believer..."In political as in religious cults, believers must be insulated against doubts. The most effective method is to blacken the outside world, and make alternative sources of information appear like the Devil’s seductions that tempt the godly into darkness. As Professors Dennis Tourish and Tim Wohlforth put it in their study of political sectarianism: “There is only one truth — that espoused by the cult. Competing explanations are not merely inaccurate but degenerate”.<br /><br />The initiated can never see sceptics as just foolish or misguided, let alone as reasonable people asking legitimate questions. To maintain the unity of the faithful they must be damned as malicious. The outside world is no longer a place where sensible people test their theories. It is a contaminated space, a land full of traps, set by enemies, who mean you only harm. Paranoia and hypersensitivity follow. You can see them everywhere."<br /><br />The Age Of Cult Politics<br />http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/6220/full<br />Textículoshttp://txticulos.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com