The Language of Fanaticism in October’s edition of AVETH Book club
In the next edition of the AVETH Book club, we will discuss Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell. Itwill take place on Thursday 17th October in AVETH room in ETH Zentrum (SOL B4), starting at 18:30.
This book analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power.
After the discussion, we will head to a restaurant for dinner and a drink that will be covered by AVETH for ETH staff.
Register via this link: https://forms.gle/Ec6NuphLRmuvhtYv6
If you can’t join this time but would like to be added to the bookclub mailing list, feel free to contact us here: https://groups.google.com/g/aveth-book-club.
For the sake of a fruitful discussion, the participants should ideally read at least partially the book in advance but are welcome to join even if they did not finish it! We will provide the initial context of the book, before moving to a flexible discussion.