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swilton

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4. Gellner on Nationalism

Reply to zeemike (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2015, 04:06 PM

Jan 2015

Culture established the horizontal lines differentiating the classes - mass culture reinforces those lines....propaganda is the enabler

Bookmarked for watching with my popcorn!

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Propaganda and Manipulation: How mass media engineers and distorts our perceptions [View all] zeemike Jan 2015 OP

more from the same professor: Aliens from outer space shaped human history!!! uhnope Jan 2015 #1

That is not the theme of the video. It is theory. One that spawned a religion in Utah. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #2

And so you think that makes what he said bullshit then? zeemike Jan 2015 #3

'Swilton's Law' swilton Jan 2015 #5

Makes sense to me. zeemike Jan 2015 #6

Gellner on Nationalism swilton Jan 2015 #4

This is a spectacularly good lecture by an inspiring professor. hedda_foil Jan 2015 #7

That was my reaction too. zeemike Jan 2015 #8

K&R DeSwiss Jan 2015 #9