Re: Guerrilla Psychology

[Paul Smith]

My dean has recommended (well, insisted...) that I read George Lakoff's 
new book "Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the 
Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives", about how the rightwing 
has established definitions for the issues that make rational discussion 
of those issues impotent. It sounds like the book as a whole is focused 
too much on advocacy to be used in a course, but there are probably 
parts about how Lakoff describes the current situation that would be 
useful.

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Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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I would like to teach a course called "Guerrilla Psychology."  My 
interest arose as I became fascinated with Karl Rove's tactics and how 
effective they were.  I want to teach a course on how psychological 
principles can be used to manipulate opinion and behavior basically, 
void of ethics.  So, far, I can identify areas such as politics and 
marketing (closely related, I would guess), as well as miltary 
operations and education.  (There is a related query from someone else 
on another list, but the focus is not on the down and dirty uses that I 
am interested in.)

Do any of you know of:
a)  resources for the above topics (good books, movies, etc.)
b)  other areas where psychological principles are typically used in 
this fashion?

Thanks,
RJ ---
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