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Anchor text: Stephen A. Kent
Target Entity: Stephen_A\u002e_Kent
Preceding Context: Other scholars disagree with this consensus amongst sociologists of religion. Benjamin Zablocki asserts that it's obvious that brainwashing occurs, at least to any objective observer; the "real sociological issue", he states, is whether "brainwashing occurs frequently enough to be considered an important social problem". Zablocki disagrees with scholars like Richardson, stating that Richardson's observation is flawed. According to Zablocki, Richardson misunderstands brainwashing, conceiving of it as a recruiting process, instead of a retaining process. So although Richardson's data are correct, Zablocki states, properly understood, brainwashing does not imply that NRMs will have a notable success in recruitment; so the criticism is inapt. Additionally, Zablocki attempts to debunk the other criticisms Richardson, et al, apply to brainwashing: if Zablocki is correct, there's a plethora of evidence in favor of the claim that some NRMs brainwash some of their members. Perhaps most notably, Zablocki says, the sheer number of former cult leaders and ex-members who attest to brainwashing in interviews (performed in accordance with guidelines of the National Institute of Mental Health and National Science Foundation) is too large to be a result of anything other than a genuine phenomenon. Zablocki also reveals that of two most prestigious journals dedicated to the sociology of religion, the number of articles "supporting the brainwashing perspective" have been zero, while over one hundred such articles have been published in other journals "marginal to the field". From this fact, Zablocki concludes that the concept 'brainwashing' has been "blacklisted" unfairly from the field of sociology of religion. Moreover, sociologists of religion have received "lavish funding" from NRMs, which suggests that the so-called scientific community of scholars engages in some "corrupt" practices".
Succeeding Context: has also published several articles about brainwashing. These scholars tend to see no consensus, while what Melton sees as a majority of scholars may regard it as a rejection of brainwashing and of mind control as legitimate theories.
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Source Page: Mind control

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