(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth

Quote by Jacques Ellul

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The intellectual who wants to do her work properly must today go back to the...

The intellectual who wants to do her work properly must today go back to the...

All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes...

All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes...

Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a...

Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a...

The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment...

The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment...

The Holy Spirit alone can do this, the Holy Spirit alone can establish this link...

The Holy Spirit alone can do this, the Holy Spirit alone can establish this link...

For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into...

For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into...

In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which...

In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which...

Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new...

Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new...

Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological...

Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological...

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an...

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an...

Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible.

Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible.

It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques...

It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques...