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Title
Russophobia : propaganda in international politics / Glenn Diesen.
ISBN
9789811914683 (electronic bk.)
9811914680 (electronic bk.)
9789811914676 (print)
9811914672
Published
Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 307 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-981-19-1468-3 doi
Call Number
DK280
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.1/4
Summary
Propaganda is the science of convincing an audience without appealing to reason. Over the past centuries, anti-Russian propaganda has been founded on juxtaposing the West and Russia as European versus Asiatic, civilized versus barbaric, modern versus backward, liberal versus autocratic, and even good versus evil. Russia has therefore throughout history been allowed to play one of two roles -- either an apprentice of Western civilization by accepting the subordinate role as the student and political object, or a threat that must be contained or defeated. While propaganda has the positive effect of promoting unity and mobilizing resources against an adversary, it has the negative effect of creating irrational decision-making and obstructing a workable peace. Glenn Diesen is a Professor at the University of South-Eastern-Norway.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 2, 2022).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9789811914676
Chapter 1. Theorising propaganda
Chapter 2. Stereotypes of anti-Russian propaganda. - Chapter 3. Source credibility: Herding the masses
Chapter 4. Language and narratives in anti-Russian propaganda
Chapter 5. Selling democracy: All nations are equal, but some are more equal than others
Chapter 6. Russophobia against the political opposition
Chapter 7. The conflict in Ukraine as a civilizational choice
Chapter 8. The Syrian war and humanitarian interventionism
Chapter 9. Propaganda and the risks from irrationality.
