Conspiracy Rising : Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life PDF
by Lee Martha F. Lee
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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.
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- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing (USA)
- Publication Date:13/06/2011
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- ISBN:9780313350146
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing (USA)
- Publication Date:13/06/2011
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- ISBN:9780313350146