OpinionNovember 25, 2024
When a Nation Embraces a False Reality
A renowned psychiatrist and activist compares Trump’s election to other pivotal historical moments in which the ultimate victim was truth itself
Robert Jay Lifton’s works on psychology and history include the National Book Award–winning Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima, The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide and Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir.
When a Nation Embraces a False Reality
A renowned psychiatrist and activist compares Trump’s election to other pivotal historical moments in which the ultimate victim was truth itself
Twins of the Apocalypse: What Hiroshima and the Climate Threat Have in Common [Excerpt]
The psychiatrist who chronicled the effects of nuclear war, terrorism and genocide explores the psychological impact of a warming planet