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PublisherInterlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
ISBN-101566568218
ISBN-139781566568210
eBay Product ID (ePID)92479010
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Book TitleCognitive Infiltration : an Obama Appointee's Plan to Undermine the 9/11 Conspiracy Theory
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicConspiracy Theories, General, United States / 21st Century, Political Freedom
Publication Year2010
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorDavid Ray Griffin
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-026003
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal973.931
SynopsisFormer Chicago and Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein, who in 2009 was appointed by President Barack Obama to direct an important executive branch office, had in 2008 co-authored an article containing a plan for the government to prevent the spread of anti-government 'conspiracy theories,' in which he advocated the use of anonymous government agents to engage in 'cognitive infiltration' of these groups in order to break them up. In his new book, Griffin focuses on the fact that Sunstein's primary target is the conspiracy theory advocated by the 9/11 Truth Movement. Examining Sunstein's charge that this theory is both 'harmful' and 'demonstrably false,' Griffin uses both satire and overwhelming evidence to show that this twofold charge applies instead to what Sunstein calls 'the true conspiracy theory' about 9/11--namely, the 'theory that al-Qaeda was responsible for 9/11.'
LC Classification NumberHV6432.7.G7465 2010
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- 05. Jul. 2018
Great Book explains a troublesome practice of stigmatizing investigators.
Excellent discussion of Cass Sunstein's concept of "cognitive infiltration," a means whereby conservative values, opinions and beliefs can be sabotaged and subverted in the media. Sunstein advocates, for example, that false, ridiculous "conspiracy theories" be published in order to build up resistance to honest concerns about conspiratorial activity in our society. By flooding the media with false transparently absurd conspiracy theories created for the purpose of being "exposed" the whole idea of research, attempts to track evidence, analysis of "official" claims and explanations and other exercises in citizen journalism will be discouraged and stigmatized. Once a line of inquiry is called a "conspiracy theory" by an interested party wanting to discourage a line of inquiry it becomes deligitimatized under Sunstein's plan and people are less likely to listen to it or examine its claims. This book explains how and why this is done and suggests means to fight against it.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
