Manipulation and Ideologies in the Twentieth Century -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- References -- Introduction -- Analytical summary -- Manipulation, memes and metaphors -- 1. Manipulation -- 2. Propagation -- 3. Texts -- 4. Methods of analysis -- 4.1. More on propositions -- 4.2. More on metaphor -- 4.3. And some notes on blending -- 5. Dismantling Mein Kampf -- 5.1. Sectional tier -- 5.2. Mein Kampf: Propositional tier -- 5.3. Mein Kampf: Metaphorical tier -- 6. Conclusion: Can texts be cognitively contagious? -- Notes -- References -- Morpho-syntactic and textual realizations as deliberate pragmatic argumentative linguistic tools? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definite and indefinite omissions: The strategy of vagueness -- 3. Semantic-lexical bipolarity: The strategy of polarization -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Speeches -- Towards a typology of manipulative processes -- 1. The interdisciplinary study of manipulation in totalitarian ideologies -- 2. Action, interaction and manipulation -- 3. A classification of manipulative processes -- 3.1. Falsity and insincerity -- 3.2. Fallacies (undue inferences) -- 3.3. Violating presuppositions -- 3.4. Manipulation exploiting the human instinct of referring to totality -- 3.5. The polarity temptation -- 3.6. Distorting relevance and interest -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Web pages -- Are manipulative texts `coherent'?* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is coherence? -- 3. Congruity Theory: Coherence as an aspect of semantic-pragmatic congruity -- 4. Congruity in argumentative texts -- 5. Manipulation, presuppositions and (in-)congruity -- 6. Analysis of an excerpt of Mussolini (Trieste, September 18, 1938) -- 7. Perceived coherence -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Sources -- Manipulation and cognitive pragmatics.

1. Introduction -- 1.1. Relevant contributions to the issue within the cognitive framework -- 1.2. Manipulation as a type of language use -- 2. Manipulation and truth-conditions -- 2.1. A definition -- 2.2. Propositions about states of affairs -- 2.3. Non-factual propositions in manipulative discourses -- 2.4. Three kinds of proposition-evaluation -- 3. On manipulative strategies -- 3.1. Local strategies -- 3.2. Global strategies -- 4. The central mechanisms of manipulation: Trouble and resolution -- 5. Conclusive remarks: The manipulative intention and the theory of mind -- Notes -- References -- The role of misused concepts in manufacturing consent -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pragmatics -- 2.1. Relevance theory -- 2.2. The code-word model -- 3. Reflective beliefs and attributive concepts -- 4. The Moses illusion and burying survivors -- 4.1. Pragmatic illusions -- 4.2. Ad hoc concepts -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Manipulation in the speeches and writings of Hitler and the NSDAP from a relevance theoretic point of view -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The manifestations of manipulation -- 2.1. Definitions -- 2.2. Testimony and argumentation -- 2.3. Manipulation by omission and commission -- 2.4. Manipulation through propaganda strategies -- 2.5. Manipulation through weak implicatures and deontic mood -- 2.6. Conclusion -- 3. Manipulation and relevance theory -- 4. The manipulative mechanisms of the Nazis -- 4.1. The aims of the Nazis -- 4.2. Manipulation in testimony and argumentation -- 4.3. Omission and commission -- 4.4. Propaganda -- 4.5. Deontic mood -- 4.6. Weak implicatures -- 5. Why the addressees were manipulated -- 6. Conclusion -- Note -- References -- An integrated approach to the analysis of participant roles in totalitarian discourse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Towards an integrated approach to participant roles.

3. Participant roles in a syntactico-semantic analytical framework -- 4. Participant roles in a pragma-semantic and speech act analytical framework -- 5. Totalitarian distortion of the relation between participant roles -- 5.1. A discuta (= to discuss) and a dezbate (= to debate) -- 5.2. A propune (= to propose) -- 5.3. A promite (= to promise), a-'263i lua angajamentul (= to pledge), a asigura (= to assure) -- 6. Co-Agency and causation in relation to control and coercion -- 7. Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Sources -- Racist manipulation within Austrian, German, Dutch, French and Italian right-wing populism -- 1. Introduction: Basic concepts -- 2. Analysis of right-wing populist argumentation -- 2.1. Pragmatic arguments and illustrative examples -- 2.2. Hyperbolic and metaphorical statements on immigrants -- 3. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Sources -- Statistical websites -- Intertextuality, mental spaces and the fall of a hero -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tools. Mental spaces and text worlds -- 2.1. Mental spaces -- 2.2. Text world theory -- 3. Pinochet's story -- 3.1. The creation of an intertextual subworld -- 3.2. Spaces. 'Myth' and 'fact' -- 4. Final remarks and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Stalinist vs. fascist propaganda -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dividing the world into two parts: The consistent solution (Soviet style) -- 3. Beneath the surface: The major divergences -- 4. Different images of the enemy -- 5. Führer vs. personality cult: The inconsistent Nazi style solution -- Notes -- References -- Press instructions as a tool to manipulate the public under the German Nazi government -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The organization of the Nazi press instructions after 1933 and the documenting sources -- 3. Quantity and intensity of the press instructions -- 4. Topics and contents of the press instructions.

5. Types and forms of press instructions -- 6. Interim conclusions -- 7. The organization of the press instructions in the German Democratic Republic -- 8. Contents and forms of the press instructions in the GDR -- 9. Final conclusions -- References -- Index -- The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture.