Please circulate among members of this list the following invitation for
chapter abstracts for a new book on propaganda.
Thank you.
Gerry Sussman
What I have in mind for this book, tentatively titled The Propaganda
Society: Regimes of Persuasion in the Digital Age, is an explanation of
how the neoliberal economy has fostered systemic and accelerated forms
of political, commercial, and cultural propaganda that reflect the
neoliberal necessities and technological means for circulating
promotional images, sounds, and texts within these spheres.
This book would discuss not only conventional forms of recent and
contemporary propaganda (instrumental forms of persuasion in support of
empowered interests) in specific cases but also the *systemic* bases of
propaganda, which derive from the shift to a more symbolic economy
(rooted in promotional activities). I believe no book that takes this
approach has yet been produced.
An abstract of the book is provided below.
I'm particularly keen on getting studies rooted in various European,
North American, East Asian, South Asian, and Australian contexts. Please
let me know your interest as soon as possible and include a title,
abstract (about 150 words), and bio (about 100 words). Also, if you have
suggestions for other contributors, please share that as well (names,
areas of research interest, and contact information).
All the best,
Gerry
The Propaganda Society:
Regimes of Persuasion in the Digital Age
Gerald Sussman, Editor
Abstract
The Propaganda Society is a study of Western and allied commercial and
political uses of propaganda in the contemporary era, a period marked by
a shift from manufacturing as the center of the production to that of
marketing, advertising, public relations, and other forms of promotional
activity. Propaganda is no longer simply a form of persuasion organized
for specific objectives at specific times and places. Rather, it has
become systemic to the whole economy and to the entire political
culture. A group of specialists on propaganda from different parts of
the ?post-industrial? world explore how ?digital capitalism? has set in
motion a promotional economy, politics, foreign policy, and culture.
Each chapter draws on a different aspect of the promotional economy. The
book starts with an introduction to how the power elites designed a
globally networked neoliberal economic order, augmented by digital
communication, to speed up the production and circulation of
commodities, bring a command and control military system to bear on
unintegrated states, and accelerate consumerism through multimedia forms
of advertising, marketing, public relations and other professional
promotional activities.
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Gerry Sussman
Professor
Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning
PO Box 751
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207
Phone: (503) 725-5176
Fax: (503) 725-8770
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