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Publication details [#26850]

Chomsky, Noam. 1988. Language and politics. Black Rose Books. 779 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

ideology | language | political system | power | propaganda

ISBN

0-921689-34-9

Annotation

This book implies a specification of the interrelation of ideology, propaganda and power, arguing that institutions control thought by constraining debate and messages, yet without taking into account the cognitive consequences of such a constraints.

Reviewed by

Hacker, Kenneth L. 1993. Review article. Noam Chomsky's rationalist view of political discourse.