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How propaganda works / Jason Stanley.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Princeton, New Jersey : Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2015].Description: xx, 353 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0691164428
  • 9780691164427
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.3/75
LOC classification:
  • P 95.8 S788h 2015
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Contents:
Propaganda in the history of political thought -- Propaganda defined -- Propaganda in liberal democracy -- Language as a mechanism of control -- Ideology -- Political ideologies -- The ideology of elites: a case study.
Summary: Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about public issues. Even so, many of us believe that propaganda and manipulation aren't problems for us--not in the way they were for the totalitarian societies of the mid-twentieth century. In How Propaganda Works, Jason Stanley demonstrates that more attention needs to be paid. He examines how propaganda operates subtly, how it undermines democracy--particularly the ideals of democratic deliberation and equality--and how it has damaged democracies of the past.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) P 95.8 S788h 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000115325

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and index.

Propaganda in the history of political thought -- Propaganda defined -- Propaganda in liberal democracy -- Language as a mechanism of control -- Ideology -- Political ideologies -- The ideology of elites: a case study.

Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about public issues. Even so, many of us believe that propaganda and manipulation aren't problems for us--not in the way they were for the totalitarian societies of the mid-twentieth century. In How Propaganda Works, Jason Stanley demonstrates that more attention needs to be paid. He examines how propaganda operates subtly, how it undermines democracy--particularly the ideals of democratic deliberation and equality--and how it has damaged democracies of the past.

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