书目名称 | Russophobia | 副标题 | Propaganda in Intern | 编辑 | Glenn Diesen | 视频video | | 概述 | Societal relevance of how Russiagate was accepted uncritically.The benefits and costs of propaganda.Exploring the concept of propaganda | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .This book defines Russophobia as the irrational fear of Russia, a key theme in the study of propaganda in the West as Russia has throughout history been assigned a diametrically opposite identity as the “Other.” Propaganda is the science of convincing an audience without appealing to reason. The West and Russia have been juxtaposed as Western versus Eastern, European versus Asiatic, civilized versus barbaric, modern versus backward, liberal versus autocratic, and even good versus evil. During the Cold War, ideological dividing lines fell naturally by casting the debate as capitalism versus communism, democracy versus totalitarianism, and Christianity versus atheism. After the Cold War, anti-Russian propaganda aims to filter all political questions through the simplistic binary stereotype of democracy versus authoritarianism, which provides little if any heuristic value to understand the complexities of relations. A key feature of propaganda against the inferior “Other” is both contemptuous derision and panic-stricken fear of the threat to civilization. Russia has therefore throughout history been allowed to play one of two roles—either an apprentice of Western civilization by acce | 出版日期 | Book 2022 | 关键词 | Russophobia; Othering; Propaganda; Rationality; Russiagate | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1468-3 | isbn_softcover | 978-981-19-1470-6 | isbn_ebook | 978-981-19-1468-3 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapor |
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