Harold D. Lasswell

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Revitalizing Political Psychology: The Legacy of Harold D. Lasswell
by William Ascher, Barbara Hirschfelder-Ascher. 197 pgs.

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The dominance of cognitive theories applied to political psychology has diminished the roles of affect, psychological needs, and the psychodynamic mechanisms that are crucial for understanding political behaviour. The goal here is to recapture these dimensions.

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Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Displacement Hypothesis

Chapter 3: Symbols, Personality, and Appeals: Lasswell's Contribution to the Political Psychology of Propaganda

Chapter 4: Democratic Character

Chapter 5: Political Psychology and the Risks of Leadership

Chapter 6: Political Climate, Mood, and Crisis

Chapter 7: Integrating Lasswell'scontributions: Brief Applications

Chapter 8: Conclusion: the Role of the Political Psychiatrist

Endnotes

References

Author Index

Subject Index
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Psychopathology and Politics
by Harold D. Lasswell. 526 pgs.

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Publisher's Foreword

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Preface

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Chapter I: Life-Histories and Political Science

Chapter II: The Psychopathological Approach

Chapter III: A New Technique of Thinking

Chapter IV: The Criteria of Political Types

Chapter V: Theories of Personality Development

Chapter VI: Political Agitators

Chapter VII: Political Agitators -- Continued

Chapter VIII: Political Administrators

Chapter IX: Political Convictions

Chapter X: The Politics of Prevention

Chapter XI: The Prolonged Interview and Its Objectification

Chapter XII: The Personality System and Its Substitu Tive Reactions

Chapter XIII: The State as a Manifold of Events

Appendix A: Select Bibliography

Appendix B: Question List on Political Practices

Preface

Contents

Part I -- Elite

Part II -- Methods

Chapter III: Violence

Chapter IV: Goods

Chapter V: Practices

Part III -- Results

Chapter VII: Class

Chapter VIII: Personality

Chapter IX: Attitude

Chapter X: RÉsumÉ

Bibliographical Notes

Democratic Character
3.

Future of Political Science
by Harold D. Lasswell. 256 pgs.

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1: Political Science Today

NOTES

2: Growth and Ambiguity

NOTES

3: The Basic Data Survey (I) Intelligence, Promoting, Prescribing

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4: The Basic Data Survey (II) Invoking, Applying, Appraising, Terminating

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Appendix to Chapter 4

5: Experimentation, Prototyping, Intervention

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6: Micromodeling

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7: Cultivation of CreativitY (I)

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8: Cultivation of Creativity (II)

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9: Collaboration with Allied Professions

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10: Centers for Advanced Political Science

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11: Conclusion

INDEX
4.

Democracy Through Public Opinion
by Harold D. Lasswell. 178 pgs.

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Preface

Chapter I: Democratic Government

Chapter II: Public Opinion in The Public Interest

Chapter III: How to Think About What We Read, See, and Hear

Chapter V: Specialists On Intelligence

Chapter VI: The Public Relations Function

Chapter VII: Democracy Needs A New Way to Talk

Chapter VIII: Free Speech, Yes; Free Incitement, No

Chapter IX: Expressing the Will Of The People: Govern Ment and Leaders

Chapter X: Social Balance And Public Opinion

Chapter XI: Social Regularity And Public Opinion

Chapter XII: World Trend And Public Opinion
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World Revolutionary Propaganda: A Chicago Study
by Harold D. Lasswell, Dorothy Blumenstock. 410 pgs.

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Illustrations

Part One The Setting Of Propaganda

Chapter I The World Center of Revolutionary Radical Propaganda

Chapter II The Local Balance of Indulgence And Deprivation

Part Two The Channels Of Propaganda

Chapter III The Channels of Propaganda: Demonstrations

Chapter IV The Channels of Propaganda: Publications

Chapter V The Channels of Propaganda: Organizations

Chapter VI Channels of Propaganda: Supplementary Media

Part Three The Technique Of Propaganda

Chapter VII The Technique of Slogans

Chapter VIII The Elaboration of Symbols

Chapter IX The Technique of Demonstration

Chapter X Representative Demonstrations

Part Four The Volume Of Propaganda

Chapter XI Volume of Propaganda: Promotion

Chapter XII Volume of Propaganda: Attention

Chapter XIII Volume of Propaganda: Expenditures

Part Five The Influence Of Propaganda

Chapter XIV Skillfulness

Chapter XV Facilitation

Chapter XVI Restriction by Nationalism

Chapter XVII Restriction by Individualism

Chapter XVIII Restriction by Catharsis

Appendix

Index
6.

National Security and Individual Freedom
by Harold D. Lasswell. 264 pgs.

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I: The Continuing Crisis of National Defense

II: The Threat Inherent in the Garrison-Police State

III: The Meaning of Nationalm Security Policy

IV: Action by the President and the Executive

V. What the Congress Can Do

VI: What the Courts Can Do

VII: What the Public Can Do

Appendix A

Appendix B

A Note on the Committee for Economic Development and Its Research Program

Excerpts from By-Laws of the Committee for Economic Development Concerning the Research Program

Research and Policy Committee

Research Advisory Board

Index
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Language of Politics: Studies in Quantitative Semantics
by Harold D. Lasswell, Nathan Leites. 402 pgs.

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I: Introduction

Chapter 1: The Language of Power

Chapter 2: Style in the Language of Politics

Chapter 3: Why Be Quantitative?

II: Technique

Chapter 4: The Problem of Validating Content Analysis

Chapter 5: The Reliability of Content Analysis Categories

Chapter 6: Recording and Context Units: Four Ways of Coding Editorial Content

Chapter 7: The Feasibility of the Use of Samples in Content Analysis

Chapter 8: The Coefficient of Imbalance

III: Applications

Chapter 9: Detection: Propaganda Detection and the Courts

Chapter 10: Trend: May Day Slogans in Soviet Russia, 1918-1943

Chapter 11 Interaction: the Third International on Its Changes of Policy

Chapter 12: Interaction: the Response of Com Munist Propaganda to Frustra Tion

Appendix I: Definitions of Variables Studied

Notes
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Man and Civilization: Control of the Mind: A Symposium ("Communication and the Mind" by Harold D. Lasswell begins on p. 249)
by Seymour M. Farber, Roger H. L. Wilson. 340 pgs.

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Contributors

Preface

Introduction

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Biochemical Aspects of Brain Activity

The Role of Experience

The Physical Background for Mental Processes

Human Potentialities

Part Two: The Influence of Drugs on the Individual

Chemical Boundaries of Psychopharmacology

The Individual Response to Drugs

Drugs and Control of the Mind

Horizons of Psychopharmacology

Part Three: The Mind and Society

The Experience of Recent History

Human Motivation in an Affluent Society

The Influence of Religion on Society and the Individual

Some Aspects of the Creative Process

Individual and Group Decision

Part Four: The Impact of Technology on the Mind

The Control of the Mind by Reality: Human Cognition and Problem Solving

Political Education and Control of the Mind

Communication and the Mind

The Advance of Civilization

Part Five: Restriction and Freedom of the Mind

Restriction of the Mind

Freedom of the Mind
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Contemporary Political Science (contains "H D Lasswell, Psychology and Political Science in the USA")
by Unesco. 718 pgs.

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Introduction

Part I: Political Science: Object, Methodology, Theory and Surveys

The Science of the State in Germany and Austria

Political Science in India By Angadipuram Appadorai

Political Science in France

The Methods and Present State of Swiss Political Science

Note I: Writing Connected with Individual Rights and Liberties More Especially in German Switzerland

The Methods of Political Science, Chiefly In the United States

On the Matter and Methods of the Political Sciences

Political Science in Uruguay During the Past Thirty Years

Swedish Political Science

Political Science in the Middle East

Political Science in Canada

Introduction

The Development of Political Science In the Argentine Republic

Political Theory in the United States

Political Science in Mexico

Political Science in Brazil During the Last Thirty Years

Political Science in the United States

Political Science in Italy

Political Science in Spain During the Last Thirty Years

Political Science in the Netherlands

Political Science in Great Britain

Political Science in Japan

Political Science in Australia

The Concept of Dialectical Materialism In Political Science

Political Science in Belgium

Political Science in China During The Last Thirty Years

Part II: Political Science: Papers on Specific Fields

Chapter I: Political Institutions

The Study of Political Institutions and Constitutional Law in France in Its Present State of Advancement

State and Law in the Soviet Union

Local Government in the United States

The Present State and the Methods Of the Belgian Science of Administrative Law

Research in Public Administration in the United States

Administration in France During the Last Thirty Years

The State And Economy in Soviet Political Science: Economic Theory and Social Policy

The Study of Government and Economic Life In the United States

State Intervention in the French Economy: (1918-1948)

British Literature on Comparative Political Institutions (1918-1948)

Chapter II: Parties, Groups and Public Opinion

Factors in the Study of Pressure Groups And Political Parties in the Limited States

Psychology and Political Science in the U.S.A.

British Literature On Political Parties and Public Opinion 1918-1948

Chapter III: International Relations

The Contribution of France To the Study of International Relations

Conclusion

The Study of International Relations In the United States

British Studies of International Relations 1918-1948

The Study of International Law In German-Speaking Countries

Chapter IV: The Organization of Teaching and Research

The Study of Politics in British Universities

Teaching and Organization of Research in the Field Of Political Science in France By Lazare Kopelmanas

Appendix I: Biographical Notes on the Collaborators Whose Papers Are Published

Appendix II: Reports and Essays Received for the Survey of Political Science Organized by the Unesco Project: "Methods in Political Science"

Appendix IV: Index of Subject Matter

Some Publication of Unesco
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Social Science in the Crucible: The American Debate over Objectivity and Purpose, 1918-1941 (contains "Harold D. Lasswell and the Lost Opportunity of the Purposive School")
by Mark C. Smith. 354 pgs.

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Introduction

I: American Social Science: Moralism and the Scientific Method

2: Wesley Mitchell and the Quantitative Approach

3: Charles Merriam and Technical Expertise

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15: Charles Beard and Activist Social Science

6: Harold D. Lasswell and the Lost Opportunity of the Purposive School

Conclusion

Notes

Index
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Political Theory: The Foundations of Twentieth-Century Political Thought
by Arnold Brecht. 609 pgs.

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Preface

PREFACE TO THE FIFTH PRINTING

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INTRODUCTORY

PART ONE: SYSTEMATIC

Chapter I: THEORY OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD: FACTS AND LOGIC

Chapter II: THEORY OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD (CONTINUED): CAUSALITY, TESTS, PREDICTION

Chapter III: THEORY OF SCIENTIFIC VALUE RELATIVISM (VALUE ALTERNATIVISM)

Chapter IV: THEORY OF JUSTICE AND THE IMPACT ON IT OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND VALUE RELATIVISM

PART TWO: GENETIC

Chapter V: PRECURSORS AND COUSINS

Chapter VI: THE RISE OF SCIENTIFIC VALUE RELATIVISM

PART THREE: POLEMIC

Chapter VII: THE REVOLT

Chapter VIII: TWENTIETH-CENTURY ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY HIGHEST VALUES

PART FOUR: AT THE BORDERLINE OF METAPHYSICS

Chapter IX: FACTUAL, NOT LOGICAL, LINKS BETWEEN IS AND OUGHT

Chapter X: UNIVERSAL POSTULATES OF JUSTICE

Chapter XI: TRUTH AND JUSTICE

Chapter XII: IMPOSSIBILITY (LIMITED POSSIBILITY)

Chapter XIII: TWENTIETH-CENTURY POLITICAL SCIENCE AND THE BELIEF IN GOD

RESULTS

APPENDIX B: MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON SPECIAL QUESTIONS AND ON LITERATURE

NOTES TO CHAPTER XII: (Impossibility)

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON LITERATURE

I. INDEX OF NAMES
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Essays on the Scientific Study of Politics (Chap. 4 "Scientific Propaganda: Harold D. Lasswell")
by Herbert J. Storing. 344 pgs.

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I: Voting Studies

Appendix. the American Voter

II: The Science Of Administration Herbert A. Simon

III: The Group Approach Arthur F. Bentley

IV: Scientific Propaganda Harold D. Lasswell

V An Epilogue

Index of Names

Index of Names
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War: Studies from Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology ("The Garrison State" by Harold D. Lasswell begins on p. 317)
by Leon Bramson, George W. Goethals. 438 pgs.

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War: Studies from Psychology Sociology Anthropology

Preface to the Revised Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments

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Part I: Studies from Psychology

Introduction

Instinct Theories and Comparative Psychology

William James the Moral Equivalent of War

William Mcdougall the Instinct of Pugnacity

D. O. Hebb & W. R. Thompson Emotion and Society

Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Sigmund Freud Why War?

E. F. M. Durbin & John Bowlby Personal Aggressiveness and War

Harry Stack Sullivan toward a Psychiatry of Peoples

Erik H. Erikson Wholeness and Totality

Daniel J. Levinson Authoritarian Personality and Foreign Policy

Social Learning and Intergroup Relations

Mark A. May War, Peace, and Social Learning

Edward C. Tolman Drives toward War

Gordon W. Allport the Role of Expectancy

Part II: Studies from Sociology and Anthropology

Introduction

William Graham Sumner War

Robert E. Park the Social Function of War

Bronislaw Malinowski an Anthropological Analysis of War

Margaret Mead Warfare is Only an Invention— Not a Biological Necessity

Andrew P. Vayda Primitive Warfare

Joseph Schneider Primitive Warfare: a Methodological Note

Part III: War, Liberal Democracy, and Industrial Society

Introduction

Herbert Spencer the Military and the Industrial Society

Harold D. Lasswell the Garrison State

Alexis de Tocqueville on War, Society, and the Military

Morris Janowitz Military Elites and the Study of War

Raymond Aron War and Industrial Society

Amitai Etzioni toward a Sociological Theory of Peace

Selected Bibliography

Index

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