Manipulation of Consciousness

"Manipulation of Consciousness" — a bestseller by the Russian publicist and sociologist Sergey Georgievich Kara-Murza. It has gone through several editions, is among the top ten most popular publicistic books according to the Zeitgeist ranking, and is included in sociology curricula. In this book, Sergey Kara-Murza reveals the structure of the entire machine of public consciousness manipulation as a technology of domination and discusses the reasons for Russia's vulnerability to these manipulative methods. For our country, he argues, surrendering to the mercy of manipulators means a change in culture, thinking, and language. Accepting a new type of power over a person or building a defense against manipulations – is a question of choosing a historical fate, and perhaps – even the existence of the Russian people.