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The Formation of Men’s Attitudes
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Narrated by:
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Arthur Morey
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By:
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Jacques Ellul
About this listen
From one of the greatest French philosophers of the 20th century comes a seminal study and critique of propaganda. Taking not only a psychological approach but a sociological approach as well, Jacques Ellul outlines the taxonomy for propaganda and, ultimately, its destructive nature towards democracy.
Drawing from his own experiences fighting for the French resistance against the Vichy regime, Ellul offers a unique insight into the propaganda machine.
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Predicting society’s present addiction to technology, our challenges with data privacy, and the dramatic increase in drug overdoses and depression that have accompanied a technology-induced lack of purpose, The Unabomber’s vision of the future has become our reality. Of course, his means were disgusting and condemnable. But his message is more important than ever. If we want to thrive in an age where automation and artificial intelligence and rapidly making humans obsolete, it is our responsibility to understand and prepare for the technological machine we are up against.
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This book is brilliant
- By Evan on 04-25-21
By: Ted Kaczynski
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Propaganda Wars
- How the Global Elite Control What You See, Think, and Feel
- By: Glenn Beck, Justin Haskins
- Narrated by: Glenn Beck
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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In Propaganda Wars: How the Global Elite Control What You See, Think, and Feel, New York Times bestselling writers Glenn Beck and Justin Haskins uncover the secrets behind the greatest system of control and manipulation ever created.
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Timely and thought provoking!
- By darin leetun on 01-01-25
By: Glenn Beck, and others
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Technopoly
- The Surrender of Culture to Technology
- By: Neil Postman
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, Postman chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it. According to Postman, technology is rapidly gaining sovereignty over social institutions and national life to become self-justifying, self-perpetuating, and omnipresent. He warns that this will have radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, religion, family, education, and more.
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- By D. Cassidy on 04-30-15
By: Neil Postman
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The Crowd - A Study of the Popular Mind
- A seminal masterpiece on crowd psychology
- By: Gustave Le Bon
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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What happens to individuals when they become part of a crowd? How can it be explained that intelligent human beings commit unspeakable cruelties once they have become one with an anonymous mass of people? Le Bon's analysis dates back to 1895 - however, the razor-sharp analysis of human behavior is still valid today.
By: Gustave Le Bon
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Crystallizing Public Opinion
- By: Edward Bernays
- Narrated by: Jonathan Queen
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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Crystallizing Public Opinion by Edward Bernays is a seminal work in the field of public relations, originally published in 1923. In this book, Bernays, often regarded as the "father of public relations," explores the techniques and principles behind shaping public perception and influencing mass opinion. Drawing from psychology, sociology, and media studies, he explains how public relations professionals craft messages can strategically to guide public thought and behavior.
By: Edward Bernays
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Escape from Freedom
- By: Erich Fromm
- Narrated by: Anthony Haden Salerno
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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lf a man cannot stand freedom, he will probably turn fascist. This, in the fewest possible words, is the essential argument in this modem classic, Escape from Freedom. The author, Erich Fromm, is a distinguished psychologist, late of Berlin and Heidelberg, now of New York City.
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Why is this not required reading in high school?
- By Xander on 09-07-16
By: Erich Fromm
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Psychopolitics
- Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
- By: Byung-Chul Han
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault’s biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche.
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Jargon and ambiguity are not honest intellectualism
- By carsonwelker on 10-18-24
By: Byung-Chul Han
brilliant
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Timeless, seminal scholarly insights on cultural propaganda.
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Quite an eye opening read, the sociological prose enables the reader to see that - people, and their underlying ideologies; formatted by a consumeristic intake of propaganda related or derived material - stay constant in a semi-regulated fashion year after year.
Highly recommend, I rate this 5 stars.
Excellent analysis on the dichotomies of propagandize media
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A profound work on propaganda
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An update from a credible antifascist historian is long overdue and would do this book a great honor.
a Good Review
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This is the first I’ve been exposed to Ellul, and I have since started reading “Presence in the Modern World,” and I think I have found a writer with a mind that I really appreciate in him. I look forward to considering his thoughts in more of his books
Insightful and Thought Provoking
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Could not be more relevant
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