Cloning of the American Mind: Eradicating Morality through Education (Paperback)

~ (Author), Bev Eakman (Author)

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Product Description

From the author of Educating for the New World Order and its sequel Microchipped: How the Education Establishment Took Us Beyond Big Brother.

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Huntington House Publishers (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563841479
• ISBN-13: 978-1563841477
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #423,635 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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75 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than just about Education, January 2, 2000

By A Customer

Mrs. Eakman's book is an excellent overview of various psychological schools of thought that have done more than almost any other discipline to adversely effect the modern age. As Mrs. Eakman points out, it is no accident that psychology and politics have come together in order to discover ways to manipulate attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours on a mass scale. While her book is meant to describe the ways in which psychological based curriculum, coupled with electronic data retrieval systems on the part of the State have created psychological profiling and attitude readjustment programs for all school-aged children, her book really out to be read as an expose of more sinister agendas and programs undertaken by governments in this century. The most interesting sections of the book are the ones that connect the development of 19th century materialist atheistic psychologies and 20th century totalitarian politics: the career paths of Nazi and Soviet psychologists crossing with that of such influential Foundations as the Ford and Carnegie Foundations, together with psychological programs emerging out of the Intelligence community after the War, is particulary disturbing. Mrs. Eakman connects the dots, pointing out how a particular person started off in Intelligence, made his way into academia, only to find his way to the corporate world or the media. The only draw back of her book is the absence in many places of detailed footnotes and citing of sources. However, for anyone who has actually read Kurt Lewin or Frankfurt School luminaries, it isn't hard to believe her claims. Additionally, Mrs. Eakman sometimes confuses personages and history: when refering to Dr. Albert Hoffman, the Swiss chemist who developed LSD, she claims he later became a counterculture icon known as Albert 'Abbie' Hoffman -- almost suggesting that Abbie Hoffman of the Sixties and Dr. Albert Hoffman are one and the same. She is also out of her element when discussing philosophers and leading intellectuals. At one point she claims that in Bertrand Russell in his writings about 'a certain educator, Johann Fichte' -- not realizing that Fichte was a Neo-Kantian German philosopher of the earlier 19th century. There are other snafus like these here and there but these can be easily forgiven in light of her insightful analyses and herioc overview of 20th century psychology. To some, Mrs. Eakman's book may sound like 'wacky' conspiracy theories. However, there are a number of so-called mainstream books and publications that have made the same accusations that Mrs. Eakman does and have provided histories of psychological warfare. For the skeptical, try reading Christopher Simpson's book -- published by Oxford Press.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars how to be in a meeting and not be manipulated, November 3, 1999

By	"awilken" (North East, MD USA) - See all my reviews

I certainly agree with all the above reviews, but wanted to add one more bit of information. One of the best parts of the book is her discussion on how parent/teacher meetings can be manipulated so that parents' concerns that are outside the schools interests are not allowed to have impact in a meeting. Eakman goes point by point on how they do it AND how you can speak so as to not be isolated in a meeting. GREAT stuff for any parent trying to work within the system!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars RARE INSIGHT INTO THE SCHOLL CRISIS WITH ACTION YOU CAN TAKE, August 22, 1999

By A Customer

This book is both prophetic and remedial. In this age of word inflation, superlatives seem inadequate in describing the value of this remarkable treatise. Few people are aware that Columbine HS in Littleton, CO is one of the very first schools to experiment with the dangerous practices exposed in Mrs. Eakman's Book. I have official tapes of the debate at Littleton from ca. 1988 where parents who were fearful of their values being undermined by "Outcomes Based Education / Workforce 2000" were simply blown off. By the mid 1990's the illiteracy cartel won, and the rest is history. "Cloning of the American Mind" anticipates the implosion of such schools, even though it was written about 1 year before the Columbine tragedy. The family is under attack through the schools, and the schools are under attack through a myriad of special interest groups. In particular, an out-of-control psychographics industry is described, whose function is to provide access to our children for such purposes as industrial exploitation, marketing research, political manipulation, coercion of conscience, family meddling, psychological profiling and, perhaps most frightening, profiling the private lives of their families. This is done, of course, at the expense of academic studies, while all the time being labeled as "achievement". The author generously provides an historical and documentary basis for her findings. It is also enjoyable to find an author whose demeanor is engaging and down-to-earth, with reminders of key points gently brought to mind at strategic points in the development. The closing sections provide remedial coaching on how to spot and deal with third-party "agents-of-change" visiting your school board, and how to reverse their horrifying agenda at the local level. Concerned citizens of Dothan, Alabama, cited this book to help guide themselves out of a social and educational catastrophe. There are many fine books today chronicling the assault on the family and education. "Cloning of the American Mind" is comprehensive, exhaustive and indispensable. Amazon's discount price is very reasonable...buy it now and take action! Sincerely, Michael A. Banak