Mind Viruses
America's Irrational Obsessions
$55.87
- Hardcover
168 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2026
Summary
In 1872, Fyodor Dostoevsky published a novel titled Demons, about a catastrophe that ensues from the nihilism that became prevalent in Russia in the 1860s. A group of young men incite chaos as they try to stage a revolution. In Dostoevsky’s portrayal, they seem possessed by the doctrines they espouse. In a 1957 essay, the Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, made similar observations about “subversive minorities” in the West who are animated by “chimerical wish fantasies” that may…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781510786806 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1510786805 |
| Author: | John Leake |
| Publisher: | Skyhorse Publishing |
| Imprint: | Skyhorse Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 351g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
John Leake
John Leake is a nonfiction author with a lifelong interest in medical history, psychology, and criminology. He studied philosophy with Roger Scruton and wrote his master’s thesis on Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France. Since 2021, he has worked with Dr. Peter McCullough and was the primary author of their New York Times bestselling book Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality and The Courage to Face COVID-19. He writes a daily investigative report for the Focal Points (Substack) newsletter and is vice president of the McCullough Foundation.
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