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Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies

Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies

Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
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Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies

by Chomsky, Noam

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Toronto, ON: House of Anansi Press, 2013. 2nd Edition . Paperback. As New. CBC Massey Lectures Series; As New; Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals more generally in a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Specific cases are illustrated in detail, using the U.S. media primarily but also media in other societies.

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Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies is a 1989 book by US academic Noam Chomsky concerning political power using propaganda to distort and distract from major issues to maintain confusion and complicity, preventing real democracy from becoming effective. Like many of the titles by Chomsky, such as Pirates and Emperors the themes come from such titles as St.

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Title
Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
Author
Chomsky, Noam
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Paperback
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2nd Edition
ISBN 10
0887845746
ISBN 13
9780887845741
Publisher
House of Anansi Press
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON
Date Published
2013
Pages
422
Keywords
MASS MEDIA INFLUENCE POLITICAL ASPECTS COHERSION POLITICS IDEOLOGICAL CONTROL

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