Alexandra Stein

“It is, in fact, a healthy response to atomization to seek to join up with others. As humans we are social animals. We have a fundamental need to join with others to seek solutions to the problems of survival. The danger arises if, in that effort, one encounters a totalist group that seeks to isolate and control its members - then one's own survival, and potentially that of others, is put at the gravest risk.”
― Alexandra Stein, Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems

“[A] public realm that works in our fragmented society [is] one that does not yearn for an idealized past and a closed vision of community, but looks forward to an open, welcoming, safe and diverse, pluralist view of community life where children are valued, universal human rights are valued and varied cultural expressions that respect these rights are valued.”
― Alexandra Stein, Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems