Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media: The Companion Book to the Award-Winning Film by Mark Achbar (PDF)

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Manufacturing Consent Noam Chomsky and the Media, the companion book to the award-winning film, charts the life of America’s most famous dissident, from his boyhood days running his uncle’s newsstand in Manhattan to his current role as outspoken social critic.A complete transcript of the film is complemented by key excerpts from the writings, interviews and correspondence. Also included are exchanges between Chomsky and his critics, historical and biographical material, filmmakers’ notes, a resource guide, more than 270 stills from the film and 18 “Philosopher All-Stars” Trading Cards!Mark Achbar has applied a wide range of creative abilities and technical skills to over 50 films, videos, and books. He has worked as editor, researcher and production coordinator.”A juicily subversive biographical/philosophical documentary bristling and buzzing with ideas.”—Washington Post”You will see the whole sweep of the most challenging critic in modern political thought.”—Boston Globe”One of our real geniuses, an excellent introduction.”—Village Voice”An intellectually challenging crash course in the man’s cooly contentious analysis, laying out his thoughts in a package that is clever and accessible.”—Los Angeles TimesContents:The Man. Early Influences. Vietnam A Turning Point. On His Role. The Media. Thought Control in Democratic Societies. A Propaganda Model. The Gulf “War”. A Case Study Cambodia & East Timor. Concision A Structural Constraint. “Sports Rap with Noam Chomsky.” A Cabal of Anti-Conspiricists. Media in Media, Pennsylvania. Alternative Media. The Linguist. Basic Premises. Nim Chimsky: Chimpanzee. And the Elusive Connection to his Politics. The Social Order. On Education. Anarchism/Libertarian Socialism. Resistance & Critical Analysis. The Critics (Media-Based). William F. Buckley, Jr. “Firing Line”. David Frum Journalist, Washington Post. Jeff Greenfield Producer, “Nightline”. Karl E. Meyer Editorial Writer, The New York Times. Peter Worthington Editor, The Ottawa Sun. The Critics (Other Elites). Fritz Bolkestein Former Dutch Minister of Defense. Michel Foucault Philosopher. Yossi Olmert Tel Aviv University. John Silber

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Editorial Reviews: Review Praise for the Film: “An invigorating introduction to one of the least soporific of American minds.” – The New York Times “A juicily subversive biographical/philosophical documentary bristling and buzzing with ideas – it may have you groping in vain for the remote control to rewind back to the last thought. [It] is politically and intellectually potent, even infuriating, whether you agree with Chomsky or disagree with him.” – The Washington Post “Challenging without being wild-eyed, controversial without stooping to aphorism. What we have here is the unravelling of ideas at a pace neither brisk nor languorous, listen carefully and you can easily follow the thread.” – The Globe and Mail “An immensely accomplished, entertaining examination of the man and his ideas.” – The Philadelphia Enquirer “A sparky and provocative portrait.” – The Guardian “A gem of a biography” – The Sunday Times About the Author Mark Achbar has applied a wide range of creative abilities and technical skills to over 50 films, videos, and books. He has worked as editor, researcher and production coordinator.

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⭐Thought it was a fairly priced copy of manufacturing consent. Its some weird commentary on the movie. Book was in good shape though.

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⭐This documentary is a reasonable exposition of Chomsky’s views. For those unfamiliar with Chomsky’s (and Edward Herman’s) propaganda model, this film is highly recommended. Those already conversant with Chomsky will probably revel in the extension of his ideas to real Living Color (those who agree with him anyway). However, I have one complaint: the propaganda system is complicated, and the film seems to take a dive on the specifics instead of dealing with its essential details. The failure to explicate what exactly Chomsky means when he speaks of “thought control in a democratic society” allows the pejorative claim that his ideas are “conspiratorial” to seep into the argument. Tom Wolfe scoffingly impugns what he calls, “the cabal”- I doubt he’s actually read Chomsky. Anyone who understands the propaganda model, even if they fervently deny its existence, realizes that it is not worthy of “conspiracy theory” derision. The film would have done well to debunk this myth.The other flaw as I see is the focus on Chomsky’s background and personal life, which are superfluous to the film’s main message and inconsistent with Chomsky’s own feelings about celebrity.As you can imagine, the film is rather one-sided in favor of Chomsky’s views. Once you’ve seen this, it’s absolutely imperative to read “Necessary Illusions”, “Manufacturing Consent”, and even some of Chomsky’s other books- “The Washington Connection” and “Rouge States” are recommended. Also of note is that Chomsky may be Godfather of media criticism, but others including Nancy Snow and Michael Parenti have written well on the subject.

⭐”While the film has met with large-scale success throughout much of the world, it is as a book that Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media is most useful. A virtual transcript of the film, it also includes a range of other materials–extended extracts from Chomsky’s writings, reviews of those writings, interviews and a variety of novelty items, from comic strips through to a set of “Philosopher all-Star” trading cards attached to the spine. Through these, the emphasis on Chomsky’s personality with marks the film (and about which Chomsky himself was concerned) is diminished, and the result is a highly skimmable guide to Chomsky’s political ideas, the controversies in which he has been embroiled, and the notoriously thorny question of the relationship between his political and linguistic ideas. It is, perhaps, too fragmentary and montage-like in its organization to serve as a course text, but as a distillation of one important current within Western radical thought it is extremely useful.” Will Straw, Canadian Journal of Communication

⭐This book is much more than a simple transcript of the documentary of the same name, it also offers a lot of information and excerpts from interviews with and writings by Noam Chomsky not included in the film. It is a very wonderfully put together book. This might be the best introduction to Chomsky’s thought around. and the philosopher all star trading cards in the back of the book are a great idea. Plus, it really looks good on the coffee table.

⭐The book arrived on time, but in poor condition. It is extremely worn, and in fact the entire book appears to be water damaged. Everything is warped and smells very musty. The book also comes with fun/silly “Philosopher All-Star” playing cards, but many of these had been removed.

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