The rape of the masses
Subtitle: the psychology of totalitarian political propaganda
By: by Serge Chakotin.
Publisher: Haskell House Publishers
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Propaganda.; Totalitarianism.; Social psychology.; Europe -- Politics and government.
Description: From the Publisher: A study by a noted student of Pavlov of the technique of mass political propaganda. The author finds analogies to social psychology and to the psychology of propaganda in the theory of conditioned reflexes. After reviewing the history of the use of propaganda through the ages, he discusses the use and the aims of propaganda in pre-World War II totalitarian states. Extremely useful for students of the social sciences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"First published 1939."
Translation of Le viol des foules par la propaganda politique.