OpinionNovember 25, 2024
When a Nation Embraces a False Reality
A renowned psychiatrist and activist compares Trump’s election to other pivotal historical moments in which the ultimate victim was truth itself
Stories by Robert Jay Lifton
Robert Jay Lifton’s works on psychology and history include his National Book Award winner Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima (Random House, 1967), The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide (Basic Books, 1986) and Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir (Free Press, 2014).
BehaviorOctober 6, 2017
Twins of the Apocalypse: What Hiroshima and the Climate Threat Have in Common [Excerpt]
The psychiatrist who chronicled the effects of nuclear war, terrorism and genocide explores the psychological impact of a warming planet