Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Propaganda for Beginners, Part 5: Dehumanising and Humanising in Propaganda

Part 5 of the series “Propaganda for Beginners”: Read Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. In the world of propaganda and psychological warfare, language and visual representation...
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The End of Pluralism and the Decline of Soft Power

“Hitler, Stalin, and Mao all possessed a great deal of soft power in the eyes of their acolytes, but that did not make it...

Between Administration and Society: Camus, Plagues, and Coronavirus

Abstract: This article examines the relevance of Albert Camus’s novel, The Plague, for understanding the rationales and actions taken by state actors in the CoVid-19 crisis. Because...

Symposium: Prospects for Rights in the COVID-19 Times

Editors’ Note: There is no shortage of scholars who have come out publicly to say that the story of COVID-19 is a story about...

Do We Need a Popular Front Against Contemporary Fascism?

‘Fascism’ today is an invective and a tool of propaganda rather than a concept helping us to understand matters. Yet the lockdowns in the name of...