The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Sociologist
Gender:
Female
Work field:
Birth:
1 January 1945
The details
Biography
Introduction
Janja Lalich is an author and researcher focused on what she considers to be cult groups, specializing in charismatic authority, power relations, ideology, and social control.
Education
Lalich has a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California.
Occupation
She is currently a professor in the sociology department of California State University, Chico.
Books
- Lalich, Janja; Tobias, Madeleine (17 August 2006). Take Back Your Life : Recovering from cults and abusive relationships. Berkeley, Calif.: Bay Tree Pub. ISBN 978-0972002158.
- Lalich, Janja A. (15 September 2004). Bounded Choice : True believers and charismatic cults ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Berkeley [u.a.]: Univ. of California Press. ISBN 978-0520231948.
- Zablocki, Benjamin; Robbins, Thomas, eds. (1 November 2001). Misunderstanding Cults : Searching for objectivity in a controversial field. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 123–155. ISBN 978-0802043733.
- Singer, Margaret Thaler; Lalich, Janja (27 September 1996). "Crazy" Therapies : What are they? Do they work?. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0787902780.
- Singer, Margaret Thaler; Lalich, Janja (1 March 1995). Cults in Our Midst. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0787900519.
- Tobias, Madeleine Landau; Lalich, Janja (May 1994). Captive Hearts, Captive Minds : Freedom and recovery from cults and abusive relationships. Alameda, CA: Hunter House. ISBN 978-0897931458.