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Robert Jay Lifton

Robert Jay Lifton was an American psychiatrist, historian, writer, university teacher and peace activist (1926–2025). He was born at Brooklyn and died at Truro.

Also recorded as Robert Lifton.

Overview

Born at Brooklyn in 1926, died at Truro in 2025.

Career and activity

Robert Jay Lifton worked in psychiatry and psychohistory.

He was employed by Harvard University and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Recognition and collections

Robert Jay Lifton received National Book Award, Gandhi Peace Award, Oskar Pfister Award and Guggenheim Fellowship.

Catalogued works

36 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1970 to 1999. The first 12 are listed here.

Cults in Our Midst. Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism. The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide. Indefensible weapons: the political and psychological case against nuclearism. Victims of Hiroshima. Zeugnis ablegen. 日本人の死生観. Living and dying, dated 1974. Revolutionary immortality. America and the Asian revolutions, dated 1970. Superpower syndrome. Death in Life P.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Foreword by Robert Jay Lifton, Understanding Trauma, 2007. Section IX Award: Robert Jay Lifton, PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2005. A Brief Conversation with Robert Jay Lifton, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 2022. Response to Bill Moyers Interview with Robert Jay Lifton, PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2017. Appreciating Robert Jay Lifton, Clio's Psyche, 2012.

In detail

Robert Jay Lifton studied at Cornell University, New York Medical College and Weill Cornell Medicine. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is psychiatry and psychohistory.

Employment is recorded with Harvard University and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Works named in the authority record are The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide.

Distinctions recorded are National Book Award, Gandhi Peace Award, Oskar Pfister Award and Guggenheim Fellowship.

Chronology

  1. 1926Robert Jay Lifton born at Brooklyn.
  2. 2025Robert Jay Lifton died at Truro.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Robert Jay Lifton”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q711066: Robert Jay Lifton

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