Conspiracy Rising (ePub)
Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book offers a thoughtful analysis of how and why conspiracy thinking has become a popular mode of political discourse in the United States.
How did conspiracy thinking become such a significant and surprisingly widely accepted form of...
How did conspiracy thinking become such a significant and surprisingly widely accepted form of...
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This book offers a thoughtful analysis of how and why conspiracy thinking has become a popular mode of political discourse in the United States.
How did conspiracy thinking become such a significant and surprisingly widely accepted form of political thinking in the United States? What compels people to respond to devastating, unpredictable events-terrorist acts, wars, natural disasters, economic upheavals-with the conviction that nothing is a coincidence, nothing is as it seems, and everything is connected?
Conspiracy Rising: Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life argues that while outlandish paranoid theories themselves may seem nonsensical, the thread of conspiracy thinking throughout American history is a both a byproduct of our democratic form of government and a very real threat to it. From the Illuminati, the Knights Templar, and the Freemasons to the government hiding aliens and faking the moon landing; from the New World Order to the Obama "Birthers," the book explores the enduring popularity of a number of American conspiracy theories, showing how the conspiracy hysteria that may provoke disdain and apathy in the general public, can become a source of dangerous extremism.
How did conspiracy thinking become such a significant and surprisingly widely accepted form of political thinking in the United States? What compels people to respond to devastating, unpredictable events-terrorist acts, wars, natural disasters, economic upheavals-with the conviction that nothing is a coincidence, nothing is as it seems, and everything is connected?
Conspiracy Rising: Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life argues that while outlandish paranoid theories themselves may seem nonsensical, the thread of conspiracy thinking throughout American history is a both a byproduct of our democratic form of government and a very real threat to it. From the Illuminati, the Knights Templar, and the Freemasons to the government hiding aliens and faking the moon landing; from the New World Order to the Obama "Birthers," the book explores the enduring popularity of a number of American conspiracy theories, showing how the conspiracy hysteria that may provoke disdain and apathy in the general public, can become a source of dangerous extremism.
Autoren-Porträt von Martha F. Lee
Martha F. Lee is professor of political science at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Her published works include The Nation of Islam: An American Millenarian Movement. She is also the editor of Millennial Visions: Essays on Twentieth-Century Millenarianism, published by Praeger in 2000.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Martha F. Lee
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 7 Jahre
- 2011, 184 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
- ISBN-10: 8216065213
- ISBN-13: 9798216065210
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.06.2011
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