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Author:
Danesi, Marcel, 1946- author.
Title:
The art of the lie : how the manipulation of language affects our minds / Marcel Danesi.
Publisher:
Prometheus Books,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xiii, 240 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Trump, Donald,--1946---Language.
Trump, Donald,--1946-
Truthfulness and falsehood--Political aspects--United States.
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
United States--Politics and government--2017-
Rhetoric and psychology.
Language and languages.
Politics and government.
Rhetoric and psychology.
Rhetoric--Political aspects.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Political aspects.
United States.
Since 2017
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Lying as art : Prologue -- Lies and lying -- Machiavellian art -- Language, belief, and reality -- Discourse -- Trump and Mussolini -- Alienation -- Epilogue ; Chapter 2. Alternative facts : Prologue -- False equivalency -- Doublethink and doublespeak -- Alternative history -- Restructuring the lexicon -- Power of belief -- Epilogue ; Chapter 3. Confabulation : Prologue -- Nature of confabulation -- Redemptive history -- Otherness -- Epilogue ; Chapter 4. Fake news : Prologue -- Origins -- Occultism -- Conterattacks -- Fake news syndrome -- Disinformation -- Conspiracy theories -- Epilogue ; Chapter 5. Gaslighting : Prologue -- Gaslighter -- Artifice -- Great pretender -- Epilogue ; Chapter 6. Verbal weaponry : Prologue -- Blunt speech -- Attack on political correctness -- Attackonyms -- Denial, deflection, distraction -- Words matter -- Epilogue ; Chapter 7. Truthful hyperbole : Prologue -- Language of business and religion -- Narcissism -- Hucksterism -- Bullshitting -- Epilogue ; Chapter 8. Machiavellian art : Prologue -- Machiavellianism -- Lies and mental health -- Manipulative language -- Cognitive dissonance -- Machiavellian intelligence -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"This book shows how language can be used strategically to manipulate beliefs"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1633885968
9781633885967
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1083690368
LCCN:
2019014272
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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