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Necessary Illusions. Thought Control in Democratic Societies

Author(s)
Chomsky, Noam
Primary author
Chomsky, Noam
Publisher
CBC Enterprises
Place of Publication
Montréal
Date of Publication
1989 (1988)
Edition
1
Number of Pages
422
Subjects
Afghanistan
Arafat, Yasser
CIA (USA): Central Intelligence Agency
Cambodia (Kampuchea)
Costa Rica
Cuba
East Timor, Timor-Leste
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Indochina
Israel
La Prensa
Lebanon
Libya
Middle East, Near East, Levant
Nicaragua
Ortega, Daniel
PLO (Palestine): Palestine Liberation Organization (1964)
Reagan, Ronald
UN, (UNO): United Nations
USA (EEUU): United States of America
USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union)
Vietnam
West, The
anti-communism
borders
civil and political rights, liberties
defence, war
democracy
government
ideology
institution
international relations
media, press, opinion
method, methodology
peace
political thought
politics
propaganda
repression
society
speech, lecture
state
struggle
terrorism (individual)
world
Classification
I Issues and movements | G Democratic and Human Rights
Notes
Based on Chomsky's CBC Massey Lectures, 1988.
Copy Number
1
Identifier
I G  CHO    reg 23039
Languages
English

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  • I Issues and movements
    • A Women, Family, Sexual Identity
      • 1 Women and the Family
      • 2 Sexuality
      • 3 Sexual Identity
      • 4 Violence
      • 5 Feminism
      • 6 Female workers
      • 7 Socialism and women
    • B Workers' Movement, Trade Unions
    • C National minorities and majorities, immigrants, racism
    • D Students, youth, education, pedagogy
    • E Farmers, peasants, food production.
    • F Ecology
    • G Democratic and Human Rights
    • H War and peace
    • J Colonialism, decolonialism and imperialism
    • K Welfare, health, housing, social security
  • II Regions and countries
    • A Africa
      • 99 Africa: General
      • ao 01 Angola
      • bf 02 Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
      • bi 03 Burundi
      • bj 04 Benin
      • bw 05 Botswana
      • cd 06 Congo (Zaire, Belgian Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
      • cf 07 Central African Republic
      • cg 08 Congo (B)
      • ci 09 Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
      • cm 10 Cameroon
      • cv 11 Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
      • dj 12 Djibouti
      • dz 13 Algeria
      • eg 14 Egypt
      • eh 15 Western Sahara
      • er 16 Eritrea
      • et 17 Ethiopia
      • ga 18 Gabon
      • gh 19 Ghana (Gold Coast)
      • gm 20 Gambia
      • gn 21 Guinea
      • gq 22 Equatorial Guinea
      • gw 23 Guinea-Bissau
      • ke 24 Kenya
      • km 25 Comoros
      • lr 26 Liberia
      • ls 27 Lesotho
      • ly 28 Libya
      • ma 29 Morocco
      • mg 30 Madagascar
      • ml 31 Mali
      • mr 32 Mauritania
      • mu 33 Mauritius
      • mw 34 Malawi
      • mz 35 Mozambique
      • na 36 Namibia
      • ne 37 Niger
      • ng 38 Nigeria
      • re 39 Réunion
      • rw 40 Rwanda
      • sd 41 Sudan
      • se 42 Seychelles
      • sh 43 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
      • sl 44 Sierra Leone
      • sn 45 Senegal
      • so 46 Somalia
      • ss 47 South Sudan
      • st 48 São Tomé and Príncipe
      • sz 49 Swaziland
      • td 50 Chad
      • tg 51 Togo
      • tn 52 Tunisia
      • tz 53 Tanzania
      • ug 54 Uganda
      • yt 55 Mayotte
      • za 56 South Africa (Azania)
      • zm 57 Zambia (North Rhodesia)
      • zw 58 Zimbabwe (South Rhodesia, Rhodesia)
    • B West Asia (Middle East)
      • 99 West Asia in general; Arabia
      • ae 01 United Arab Emirates
      • am 02 Armenia
      • az 03 Azerbaijan
      • bh 04 Bahrein
      • cy 05 Cyprus
      • ge 06 Georgia
      • il 07 Israel
      • iq 08 Iraq
      • ir 09 Iran (Persia)
      • jo 10 Jordan
      • kw 11 Kuwait
      • lb 12 Lebanon
      • om 13 Oman
      • ps 14 Palestine
      • qa 15 Qatar
      • sa 16 Saudi Arabia
      • sy 17 Syria
      • tr 18 Turkey
      • xk 20 Kurdistan
      • ye 19 Yemen
    • C Central, East and South Asia
      • 98 Turkestan
      • 99 Central, East and South Asia; General
      • af 01 Afghanistan
      • bd 02 Bangladesh (East Pakistan)
      • bn 03 Brunei Darussalam
      • bt 04 Bhutan
      • cc 05 Cocos Islands
      • cn 06 China
      • cx 07 Christmas Island
      • hk 08 Hong Kong
      • id 09 Indonesia
      • in 10 India
      • io 11 Britisch Indian Ocean Territory
      • jp 12 Japan
      • kg 13 Kyrgyzstan
      • kh 14 Cambodia
      • kp 15 North Korea
      • kr 16 South Korea
      • kz 17 Kazakhstan
      • la 18 Laos
      • lk 19 Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
      • mm 20 Myanmar (Birma, Burma)
      • mn 21 Mongolia
      • mo 22 Macau
      • mv 23 Maldives
      • my 24 Malaysia
      • np 25 Nepal
      • ph 26 Philippines
      • pk 27 Pakistan
      • sg 28 Singapore
      • th 29 Thailand (Siam)
      • tj 30 Tajikistan
      • tl 31 East Timor
      • tm 32 Turkmenistan
      • tw 33 Taiwan
      • uz 34 Uzbekistan
      • vn 35 Vietnam
    • D South and Middle America
      • 1 Caribbean
      • 98 Central America
      • 99 South and Middle America in General
      • ar 10 Argentina
      • bo 07 Bolivia
      • br 06 Brazil
      • bz 16 Belize
      • cl 08 Chile
      • co 15 Colombia
      • cr 17 Costa Rica
      • cu 02 Cuba
      • ec 09 Ecuador
      • fk 18 Falkland Islands
      • gf 19 French Guyana
      • gt 05 Guatemala
      • gy 20 Guyana
      • hn 21 Honduras
      • mx 22 Mexico
      • ni 03 Nicaragua
      • pa 23 Panama
      • pe 13 Peru
      • py 11 Paraguay
      • sr 24 Suriname
      • sv 04 El Salvador
      • uy 12 Uruguay
      • ve 14 Venezuela
    • E Australia, New Zealand, Oceania and Antarctica
      • 99 Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Antarctica: general
      • aq 01 Antarctica
      • as 02 American Samoa
      • au 03 Australia
      • bv 04 Bouvet Island
      • ck 05 Cook Islands
      • fj 06 Fiji
      • fm 07 Micronesia
      • gs 08 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
      • gu 09 Guam
      • hm 10 Heard Island and McDonald Islands
      • ki 11 Kiribati
      • mh 12 Marshall Islands
      • mp 13 Northern Mariana Islands
      • nc 14 New Caledonia
      • nf 15 Norfolk Island
      • nr 16 Nauru
      • nu 17 Niue
      • nz 18 New Zealand
      • pf 19 French Polynesia
      • pg 20 Papua New Guinea
      • pn 21 Pitcairn Islands
      • pw 22 Palau
      • sb 23 Solomon Islands
      • tf 24 French Southern Territories
      • tk 25 Tokelau
      • to 26 Tonga
      • tv 27 Tuvalu
      • um 28 United States Minor Outlying Islands
      • vu 29 Vanuatu
      • wf 30 Wallis and Futuna
      • ws 31 Samoa
    • F North America
      • 98 The Americas in their totality
      • 99 North America: general
      • bm 03 Bermuda
      • ca 02 Canada
      • gl 04 Greenland
      • pm 05 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
      • us 01 United States
      • xq 06 Québec
    • G Europe
      • 99 Europe: general
      • eu 98 European Union
      • 97 European Eastern Bloc Countries
      • ad 01 Andorra
      • al 02 Albania
      • at 03 Austria
      • ax 04 Åland Islands
      • ba 05 Bosnia and Herzegovina
      • be 06 Belgium
      • bg 07 Bulgaria
      • by 08 Belarus
      • ch 09 Switzerland
      • cs 53 Czechoslovakia
      • cz 10 Czechia
      • de 11 Germany
      • dk 12 Denmark
      • ee 13 Estonia
      • es 14 Spain
      • fi 15 Finland
      • fo 16 Faroe Islands
      • fr 17 France
      • gb 18 Great Britain and Northern Ireland
      • gg 19 Guernsey
      • gi 20 Gibraltar
      • gr 21 Greece
      • hr 22 Croatia
      • hu 23 Hungary
      • ie 24 Ireland
      • im 25 Isle of Man
      • is 26 Iceland
      • it 27 Italy
      • je 28 Jersey
      • li 29 Liechtenstein
      • lt 30 Lithuania
      • lu 31 Luxembourg
      • lv 32 Latvia
      • mc 33 Monaco
      • md 34 Moldova
      • me 35 Montenegro
      • mk 36 Macedonia
      • mt 37 Malta
      • nl 38 Netherlands
      • no 39 Norway
      • pl 40 Poland
      • pt 41 Portugal
      • ro 42 Romania
      • rs 43 Serbia
      • ru 44 Russia
      • se 45 Sweden
      • si 46 Slovenia
      • sj 47 Svalbard and Jan Mayen
      • sk 48 Slovakia
      • sm 49 San Marino
      • su 52 Sovjet Union
      • ua 50 Ukraine
      • va 51 Vatican City
      • xe 55 Euskadi
      • yu 54 Yugoslavia
  • III World capitalism, capitalist society and the left movements; socialist movements in general
    • A Marxism
    • B Pre-capitalist societies
    • C Economics (political)
    • D Political systems
    • E Bourgeois ideologies and parties
    • F Consciousness and culture
    • G Philosophy
    • H Science and technology
    • I Strategy for the transition to socialism
    • J Workers´ movement, left movement, socialist movement
      • A Collected works
      • B Fourth International
  • O Oversized items
  • P Periodicals
  • R Reference
  • S IIRE Schools
    • j Global Justice Schools
    • n North-South Schools
    • t Third World Schools
    • w Women's Schools
    • y Youth Schools
  • Z NOT IN USE
    • Z1 Missing
    • Z2 Non-western languages
    • Z6 To be classified
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