Robert Jay Lifton Quotes


I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there.


Citations

Lifton, Robert Jay. "Evil, Survivors, and the Protean Self." Interview by Harry Kreisler. Conversations with History, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley, 2 Nov. 1999.

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Robert Jay Lifton
Robert Jay Lifton
  • Born: May 16, 1926
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Psychologist

Robert Jay Lifton 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.