Homo Sovieticus: Brain Waves, Mind Control, and Telepathic Destiny by Wladimir V

Description: Homo Sovieticus by Wladimir Velminski, Erik Butler How Soviet scientists and pseudoscientists pursued telepathic research, cybernetic simulations, and mass hyptonism over television to control the minds of citizens. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How Soviet scientists and pseudoscientists pursued telepathic research, cybernetic simulations, and mass hypnotism over television to control the minds of citizens.How Soviet scientists and pseudoscientists pursued telepathic research, cybernetic simulations, and mass hyptonism over television to control the minds of citizens.In October 1989, as the Cold War was ending and the Berlin Wall about to crumble, television viewers in the Soviet Union tuned in to the first of a series of unusual broadcasts. "Relax, let your thoughts wander free..." intoned the host, the physician and clinical psychotherapist Anatoly Mikhailovich Kashpirovsky. Moscows Channel One was attempting mass hypnosis over television, a therapeutic session aimed at reassuring citizens panicked over the ongoing political upheaval-and aimed at taking control of their responses to it. Incredibly enough, this last-ditch effort to rally the citizenry was the culmination of decades of official telepathic research, cybernetic simulations, and coded messages undertaken to reinforce ideological conformity. In Homo Sovieticus, the art and media scholar Wladimir Velminski explores these scientific and pseudoscientific efforts at mind control.In a fascinating series of anecdotes, Velminski describes such phenomena as the conflation of mental energy and electromagnetism; the investigation of aura fields through the "Aurathron"; a laboratory that practiced mind control methods on dogs; and attempts to calibrate the thought processes of laborers. "Scientific" diagrams from the period accompany the text. In all of the experimental methods for implanting thoughts into a brain, Velminski finds political and metaphorical contaminations. These apparently technological experiments in telepathy and telekinesis were deployed for purely political purposes. Author Biography Wladimir Velminski is a Head of the Project History and Theory of Media Regimes in Eastern Europe in the Department of Media Studies at the Bauhaus University Weimar. Previously, Velminski worked at Humboldt-Universit t zu Berlin, at the Universit t Z rich, and at ETH Z rich. Promotional Homo Sovieticus analyzes the convergence between culture and experimental science, the point at which mental energy becomes art through a series of relays from the laboratory to the studio. The book demonstrates that the Soviet New Man was missing a crucial limb: the brain. Its conditioning by scientists, politicians, and writers is the focus of Velminskis study. -- Sven Spieker, University of California, Santa Barbara Wladimir Velminski illuminates an obscure but deeply influential stratum in the history of social control. By examining a series of Soviet patents, concepts, fictions, and events he demonstrates the deep-set cultural and scientific belief that minds, souls, and ultimately entire nations might be manipulated through the combined applications of technology and telepathy. -- Mark Pilkington, author of Mirage Men Details ISBN0262035693 Author Erik Butler Year 2017 Translator Erik Butler ISBN-10 0262035693 ISBN-13 9780262035699 Format Paperback Pages 128 Audience Age 18 Imprint MIT Press Subtitle Brain Waves, Mind Control, and Telepathic Destiny Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Country of Publication United States Translated from German DEWEY 133.89 Position Translator (French and German to English) Language English Publication Date 2017-02-10 Short Title Homo Sovieticus UK Release Date 2017-02-10 AU Release Date 2017-02-10 NZ Release Date 2017-02-10 US Release Date 2017-02-10 Series Homo Sovieticus Illustrations 56 b&w illus. Publisher MIT Press Ltd Alternative 9780262338035 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159341973;

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