{"title":"Prof Robert Harvey","description":"\u003cp\u003eProf Robert Harvey’s work delves into the intricate dynamics of language and persuasion, with a keen focus on the mechanisms behind manipulation and influence. His books offer insightful analysis rooted in arts and culture, appealing to readers fascinated by rhetoric and critical thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect a thoughtful exploration of how communication shapes power and perception, presented with clarity and intellectual rigour. Prof Harvey’s writing engages both scholars and curious readers seeking a deeper understanding of cultural discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-rhetoric-of-manipulation-by-prof-robert-harvey-9798765100813","title":"The Rhetoric of Manipulation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative and timely look at how language is used to manipulate the truth, how our gullibility leaves us susceptible to manipulation, and what we can do to reverse these trends.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rhetoric of Manipulation\u003c\/em\u003e looks behind the curtain of political and social communications in the age of “fake news” and the “post-truth” to show how the perversely engineered semantics at work today shapes culture and undermines reality. While language has always been manipulated to direct or anaesthetize thought, today’s semantic perversions orient opinion and subdue political action to an alarming degree. Under such conditions, we are particularly susceptible to demagoguery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArguing that too many of us have let our critical faculties wither, Robert Harvey opens our ears and eyes to an insidious impediment to free thinking by unflinchingly examining five realms of semantic perversion: the contemporary vocabulary of war; the recently evolved language tool known as scare quotes; the terms used to peddle white supremacy; the phenomenon of so-called cancel culture; and the jargon deployed in the corporatisation of higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wager of \u003cem\u003eThe Rhetoric of Manipulation\u003c\/em\u003e is that a frank exposé of bad faith discursive practices and our accompanying gullibility can contribute to reversing the trend, remedying the current situation in view of a far more ethical immediate future, and remediating some of the damage already done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471825715436,"sku":"9798765100813","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/99019aabd2490b2030c896b06bb40d8d.jpg?v=1775694292"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/prof-robert-harvey.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}