Propaganda and the Public Mind
by Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs. His books include At War with Asia, Towards a New Cold War, Fateful Triangle: The U. S., Israel and the Palestinians, Necessary Illusions, Hegemony or Survival, Deterring Democracy, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy and show more Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.David Barsamian is an Armenian-American show lessTags
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Chomsky is always thought provoking, but this book seemed somewhat disjointed, with the interviewer introducing a variety of topics for Mr. Chomsky to discuss. I also found it somewhat off-putting hearing Mr. Chomsky's tendency to introduce many of his comments with phrases like "... well it's obvious", or "... anyone who's ever thought about this would know...", or "any thinking person would know...", etc. Maybe that's all true for people on his level, but I admit to thinking I would have benefited from a little more of the "obvious" background information in support of his many opinions.
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I intervjuform presenteras här några av de viktigaste områdena i Chomskys intellektuella informationskampanj. Chomsky tar upp viktiga värdshändelser söm kriget i forna Jugoslavien, Israel-Palestinakonflikten, Indonesiens ockupation av Östtimor, USA krig i Vietnam mfl, och han vänder oftapå resonemanget och hjälper oss se igenom propagandan som den starke (USA) utsätter oss för. Ibland blir det väl teoretiskt, men många gånger blir det ögonöppnare.
Intervjuformen är ok, men alltför ofta blir det tvära kast mellan olika intressanta ämnen; man byter ämne innan ett är uttömt och det kan kännas lite hattigt, faktiskt.
Intervjuformen är ok, men alltför ofta blir det tvära kast mellan olika intressanta ämnen; man byter ämne innan ett är uttömt och det kan kännas lite hattigt, faktiskt.
Sep 22, 2009Swedish
O livro começa com uma promessa de grande interesse, porém, tal interesse vai-se desvanecendo e a partir da página 16 desaparece completamente. O autor não pretende discutir a manipulação das massas nem o recurso á propaganda de um modo genérico e global. O seu intuito é apenas escrever um livro de actualidades sobre a invasão americana do Iraque. Portanto, trata-se de uma obra datada no contexto que é ainda limitada pela geografia.
Apr 19, 2022Portuguese (Portugal)
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Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 7, 1928. Son of a Russian emigrant who was a Hebrew scholar, Chomsky was exposed at a young age to the study of language and principles of grammar. During the 1940s, he began developing socialist political leanings through his encounters with the New York Jewish intellectual show more community. Chomsky received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy. He conducted much of his research at Harvard University. In 1955, he began teaching at MIT, eventually holding the Ferrari P. Ward Chair of Modern Language and Linguistics. Today Chomsky is highly regarded as both one of America's most prominent linguists and most notorious social critics and political activists. His academic reputation began with the publication of Syntactic Structures in 1957. Within a decade, he became known as an outspoken intellectual opponent of the Vietnam War. Chomsky has written many books on the links between language, human creativity, and intelligence, including Language and Mind (1967) and Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use (1985). He also has written dozens of political analyses, including Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (1988), Chronicles of Dissent (1992), and The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many (1993). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Jag skrev första gången till Noam Chomsky omkring 1980.
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