Jean Meslier, a rural French priest, argued that religion is designed to produce subjects who will automatically obey
- by Nidal Taibi
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Jean Meslier, a rural French priest, argued that religion is designed to produce subjects who will automatically obey
- by Nidal Taibi
A 1979 doc examining the life and ideas of B F Skinner, with a focus on his radical, controversial behaviour experiments
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- by Carlos Noreña
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