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Contents
ListofFigures ix
Acknowledgements x
NotesonContributors xi
Introduction 1
AlisonEdgley
Part I HistoricalContext
1 ChomskyandReligion 11
RonaldE.Osborn
2 NoamChomskyandtheAnarchistTradition 33
BenjaminJ.Pauli
Part II KeyWorks
3 HumanNatureandUniversalMoralGrammar 57
PeterWilkin
4 ThePropagandaModel:StillRelevantToday? 77
PiersRobinson
Part III ThemesandDebates
5 Method,Methodology,andPolitics 99
AlisonEdgley
6 ChomskyversusPinkeronHumanNatureandPolitics 121
JamesMcGilvray
Part IV ContemporaryRelevance
7 HowUsefulIsaPropagandaModelforScreenEntertainment? 141
MatthewAlford
8 ChomskyandRevolution 165
MilanRai
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viii Contents
Reflections 185
AlisonEdgley
GuidetoFurtherReading 187
Index 189
Figures
7.1 EdwardHermanandNoamChomsky’s‘PropagandaModel’
(1988) 142
7.2 Substantivecriticismsofthepropagandamodel 144
7.3 TheHollywoodpropagandamodelasanillustrationofthe
PM’slimits 149
7.4 Corporatetelevisionentertainmentpropagandamodelasan
illustrationofthePM’slimits 150
7.5 Videogamingpropagandamodelasanillustrationofthe
PM’slimits 151
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Description:Exploring the key debates surrounding human nature, epistemology, the nature of social knowledge, foreign policy, the Propaganda Model, the anarchist tradition and the revolutionary transformation of society, this book reveals and explains the structure and power of Chomsky's work.
