Nasilje v novih religijskih gibanjih in ''pranje možganov'': primer Templja ljudstev

Slapnik Semprimožnik, Sandra (author), Črnič, Aleš (mentor)

V pričujočem magistrskem delu obravnavam nasilje v novih religijskih gibanjih, pri čemer izpostavim primer nasilnega religijskega gibanja Tempelj ljudstev, ki je v javnosti z množičnim samomorom skoraj tisočih zagotovo pustil najmočnejši pečat. V magistrski nalogi sem želela pokazati, da je množični samomor, ki so ga izvedli pripadniki dotičnega religijskega gibanja, možno razložiti preko dejavnikov, ki vplivajo na pojav nasilja v novih religijskih gibanjih. Pri tem sem se osredotočila na dejavnike, ki zaobjemajo karizmo, apokalipticizem in mrežo zunanjih in notranjih ter družbenih in kulturnih dejavnikov. Poleg premis nasilja v novih religijskih gibanjih, ki sem jih skušala aplicirati na primer Templja ljudstev, sem želela dogodek razložiti tudi preko zapisanih teorij o tako imenovanem ''pranju možganov'', oziroma natančneje, o sektantskem ''pranju možganov''. Z izčrpnimi informacijami o dogajanju v skupnosti sem skušala čim bolj prikazati delovanje Templja ljudstev in dogodke, s katerimi bi lahko izkazala vpogled v stanje znotraj gibanja. Metoda pranja možganov v družboslovju sicer ni priznana kot znanstveno potrjena metoda, a se preko razlage teorij in prenosa teh na naš primer izriše nekaj vzporednic, ki lahko razlago dogodka približajo tudi v tem kontekstu.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: nova religijska gibanja, nasilje, pranje možganov, Tempelj ljudstev, Jim Jones.
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2019
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-113331
• COBISS.SI-ID: 36576605
• Publication date in RUL: 21.12.2019

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Violence in new religious movements and ''brain washing'': the case of the Peoples Temple

Abstract

In the present dissertation i am dealing with violence in new religious movements, where i expose a case of violent religious movement Peoples Temple. Certainly mass suicide of nearly thousand left the biggest mark among the public. In dissertation i was trying to show, that a mass suicide commited by members of religious movement Peoples Templecan be explained trough factors that influence the fenomenon of violence in new religious movements. I focused on factors that comprise of carisma, apocalypticism and a network of outer and inner factors aas well as societal and cultural factors. Besides the premise of violence, that i tried to apply on the case of Peoples Temple i also tried to explain the incident trough written theories about so called "brain washing" or more accurately about "sectarian brain washing". With comprehensive information about what went on within the community i tried to depict inner workings of Peoples Temple, aswell as conditions in the movement. Method of "brain washing ", although not accepted in sociology as scientificaly sound method, seems to be preety much on the spot in this case. Trough explaining these theories and transfering the findings to the case of Peoples Temple, some paraleles emerge, that could bring closer the explanation of the event from this point of view.

• Keywords: new religious movements, violence, ''brain washing'', Peoples temple, Jim Jones.