Book review of: R. Marlin, Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion [Book Review]

Dialogue 55 (3):545-547 (2016)
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Abstract

This essay is my review of Randal Marlin’s fine book, Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion (2nd Ed.). Marlin’s book examines the concept of propaganda, rightly noting that the term has a neutral meaning of just promulgating a point of view and a pejorative meaning of using deceit to push a point of view. Marlin gives a concise history of propaganda techniques, and propaganda theory—from ancient Greece through WWII—and has a good discussion of the ethical issues involved in propaganda.

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Gary James Jason
California State University, Fullerton

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