The goal of this book is to respond at three levels. First, it illustrates the contemporary pervasiveness of indoctrination and ideology, Second it correlates successful resistance to them with the intensity by which persons affirm not simply ideas, btu experiences of self, freedom, love and crical thinking. Third, its approach, which is philosophical, differs from conventional studies by creatively examining the affective and conversational dynamics
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The goal of this book is to respond at three levels. First, it illustrates the contemporary pervasiveness of indoctrination and ideology, Second it correlates successful resistance to them with the intensity by which persons affirm not simply ideas, btu experiences of self, freedom, love and crical thinking. Third, its approach, which is philosophical, differs from conventional studies by creatively examining the affective and conversational dynamics
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New. 0773474072. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--236 pages--TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction * I Propaganda and Indoctrination. Terms and Methods; Strategies at the Far Left, Far Right and Mainstream; the Cooption and Intellectuals; Justifications for Self-and Other-deception 1 * II Contrasting Ideology and Theory. Negative Aspects of Cultural Fundamentalism 49 * III Verifications of Freedom: Contrasting Determinist, Existential, and Experiential Claims about Freedom 81 * IV Free Selves: Indoctrination or Reality? Correlating Consciousness of Self-identity and Resisting Indoctrination 117 * V The Fullness of Freedom: Confirming the Other. Ideology or its Cure? 139 * VI Critical Thought and Feeling. Logical, Conversational, and Affective Components 159 * VII Indoctrination, Self-deception, and Religion. Strategies for Combating Self-deception; Thought Experiments 189 * Afterword 209 * Bibliography 211 * Index of Names 221 * Index of Subjects 223. ----DESCRIPTION: --Countering post-modern cynicism, Hinderly (religious studies, Arizona State University) offers an inter-personal, communicative, and affective account of the self, thought, and freedom. In so doing he argues for the possibility of decency and an ethics of altruism and love. Chapters discuss the role of propaganda and indoctrination in contemporary society, contrast ideology and theory, argue for the possibility of freedom, present an account of freedom that fits within that possible range, describe the relation between critical thought and feeling, and consider the place of religion in this conceptual scheme. -Book News, Inc. --with a bonus offer--
