Free to be Human: Intellectual Self-defence in an Age of IllusionsFree to be Human shows how the 'filter' system described by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman distorts our understanding of many personal, ethical and spiritual issues, ensuring that we remain passive, conformist, confused and uninformed¥and willing to accept the irrational values of corporate consumerism. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Extending the Scope of the Propaganda Model | 35 |
Killing the Dream of Religious Truth | 59 |
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Free to be Human: Intellectual Self-defence in an Age of Illusions David Edwards No preview available - 2000 |
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References to this book
Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism Allan Hunt Badiner No preview available - 2005 |