NOAM CHOMSKY
NECESSARY
ILLUSIONS
THOUGHT CONTROL IN
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES
© Noam Chomsky 1999
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ESSENTIAL CLASSICS IN POLITICS: NOAM CHOMSKY
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Necessary Illusions
Thought Control in Democratic
Societies
Noam Chomsky
Pluto Press
London
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First published in the UK 1989 by Pluto Press
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Contents
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Preface ....................................................................................... 7
1. Democracy and the Media......................................................... 9
2. Containing the Enemy............................................................. 36
3. The Bounds of the Expressible ................................................. 67
4. Adjuncts of Government........................................................ 106
5. The Utility of Interpretations.................................................. 146
Appendix I.................................................................