Necessary Illusions - Thought Control in Democratic Societies

In his national bestselling 1988 CBC Massey Lectures, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media 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. Chomsky considers how the media might be democratized (as part of the general problem of developing more democratic institutions) in order to offer citizens broader and more meaningful participation in social and political life.

Noam Chomsky considers how a democratized media could give us more meaningful participation in social and political life.

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Noam Chomsky is an internationally acclaimed linguistics scholar, author, and political radical.

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Summary

In his national bestselling 1988 CBC Massey Lectures, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media 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.

Chomsky considers how the media might be democratized (as part of the general problem of developing more democratic institutions) in order to offer citizens broader and more meaningful participation in social and political life.

Product details

• Authors: Noam Chomsky
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.1995
• EAN: 9780887845741
• ISBN: 978-0-88784-574-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 439 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Massey Lectures; CBC Massey Lectures; Massey Lectures; CBC Massey Lecture
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Human rights, civil rights, Democracy; Massey Lectures