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Propaganda as a Mechanism of Manipulation and Encouragement to Action

In this paper I will put into focus some shortcomings of the approach that criticizes an ideology from an epistemological standpoint. The approach I propose starts from the view that the primary function of ideology is not cognition, or even providing a narrative for explaining the world, instead I take that ideology’s primary function is to stimulate action. Propaganda is criticized as a systematic attempt of manipulation, which is not necessarily limited to the totality of a political agenda of a certain ideology but is also present, in very narrower forms, in specific limited political contexts.

propaganda, ideology, action, Jason Stanley, Jacques Ellul

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