Where Did All These Nazis Come From?
Sarah Robinson
Podcast: The Monstrous Regiment
Topics: Culture, Political Studies
Our special guest this week is linguist Sarah Robinson, whose research into the linguistic and cognitive aspects of Nazi propaganda shines some light on the resurgence of fascism and ethno-nationalism in current political discourse.
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Resources/Recommended Reading:
Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. 1951
Black, Jay. 2001. “Semantics and Ethics of Propaganda.”
Bytwerk, Randall. (n.d.) German Propaganda Archive. Retrieved from: http://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/
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Ellul, Jacques. 1965. “Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes.”
Fillmore, Charles J. 2003. “Double Decker Definitions: The Role of Frames in Meaning Explanations.” Sign Language Studies 3 (3): 263-295
Fillmore, Charles J. & Colin Baker. 2010. “A Frames Approach to Semantic Analysis.” In Heine & Narrog, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis, 313–340. OUP
Herman, Edward, & Chomsky, Noam. 1988. “Manufacturing Consent.” New York, NY. Random House, Inc.
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Lasswell, Harold. 1927. Propaganda Technique in WWI
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Stanley, Jason. 2016. How Propaganda Works. Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton University Press
Van Dijk, T. A. 1995. “Discourse Semantics and Ideology.” Discourse & Society
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