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The art of the lie : how the manipulation of language affects our minds, Marcel Danesi

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The art of the lie : how the manipulation of language affects our minds
Title
The art of the lie
Title remainder
how the manipulation of language affects our minds
Statement of responsibility
Marcel Danesi
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"This book shows how language can be used strategically to manipulate beliefs"--
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Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1946-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Danesi, Marcel
Dewey number
973.933092
Index
no index present
LC call number
E912
LC item number
.D36 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Trump, Donald
  • Truthfulness and falsehood
  • Rhetoric
  • United States
  • Rhetoric and psychology
  • Trump, Donald
  • Language and languages
  • Politics and government
  • Rhetoric and psychology
  • Rhetoric
  • Truthfulness and falsehood
  • United States
Label
The art of the lie : how the manipulation of language affects our minds, Marcel Danesi
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Chapter 1. Lying as art : Prologue -- Lies and lying -- Machiavellian art -- Language, belief, and reality -- Discourse -- Trump and Mussolini -- Alienation -- Epilogue ; Chapter 2. Alternative facts : Prologue -- False equivalency -- Doublethink and doublespeak -- Alternative history -- Restructuring the lexicon -- Power of belief -- Epilogue ; Chapter 3. Confabulation : Prologue -- Nature of confabulation -- Redemptive history -- Otherness -- Epilogue ; Chapter 4. Fake news : Prologue -- Origins -- Occultism -- Conterattacks -- Fake news syndrome -- Disinformation -- Conspiracy theories -- Epilogue ; Chapter 5. Gaslighting : Prologue -- Gaslighter -- Artifice -- Great pretender -- Epilogue ; Chapter 6. Verbal weaponry : Prologue -- Blunt speech -- Attack on political correctness -- Attackonyms -- Denial, deflection, distraction -- Words matter -- Epilogue ; Chapter 7. Truthful hyperbole : Prologue -- Language of business and religion -- Narcissism -- Hucksterism -- Bullshitting -- Epilogue ; Chapter 8. Machiavellian art : Prologue -- Machiavellianism -- Lies and mental health -- Manipulative language -- Cognitive dissonance -- Machiavellian intelligence -- Epilogue
Control code
on1083690368
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xiii, 240 pages
Isbn
9781633885967
Lccn
2019014272
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
The art of the lie : how the manipulation of language affects our minds, Marcel Danesi
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Chapter 1. Lying as art : Prologue -- Lies and lying -- Machiavellian art -- Language, belief, and reality -- Discourse -- Trump and Mussolini -- Alienation -- Epilogue ; Chapter 2. Alternative facts : Prologue -- False equivalency -- Doublethink and doublespeak -- Alternative history -- Restructuring the lexicon -- Power of belief -- Epilogue ; Chapter 3. Confabulation : Prologue -- Nature of confabulation -- Redemptive history -- Otherness -- Epilogue ; Chapter 4. Fake news : Prologue -- Origins -- Occultism -- Conterattacks -- Fake news syndrome -- Disinformation -- Conspiracy theories -- Epilogue ; Chapter 5. Gaslighting : Prologue -- Gaslighter -- Artifice -- Great pretender -- Epilogue ; Chapter 6. Verbal weaponry : Prologue -- Blunt speech -- Attack on political correctness -- Attackonyms -- Denial, deflection, distraction -- Words matter -- Epilogue ; Chapter 7. Truthful hyperbole : Prologue -- Language of business and religion -- Narcissism -- Hucksterism -- Bullshitting -- Epilogue ; Chapter 8. Machiavellian art : Prologue -- Machiavellianism -- Lies and mental health -- Manipulative language -- Cognitive dissonance -- Machiavellian intelligence -- Epilogue
Control code
on1083690368
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xiii, 240 pages
Isbn
9781633885967
Lccn
2019014272
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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