Conspiracy theories : secrecy and power in American culture / Mark Fenster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fenster, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conspiracies--United States.

Conspiracies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1999.

Summary:

JFK, Karl Marx, the Pope, Aristotle Onassis, Queen Elizabeth II, Howard Hughes, Fox Mulder, Bill Clinton-all have been linked to vastly complicated global (or even galactic) intrigues. In his enlightening tour of conspiracy theories, Mark Fenster guides readers through this shadowy world and analyzes its complex role in American culture and politics. To that end, he discusses Richard Hofstadter's The Paranoid Style in American Politics, the militia movement, The X-Files, popular Christian apocalyptic thought, and such artifacts of suspicion as The Turner Diaries, the Illuminatus! trilogy and t

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Conspiracy Theory as Political Ideology; 1. Richard Hofstadter and ""The Paranoid Style""; 2. John Doe #2 Goes to Washington: Militias, Pathology, and Discipline; 3. Conspiracy Theory and Populism; Part II. Uncovering the Plot of Conspiracy; 4. The Clinton Chronicles: Conspiracy Theory as Interpretation; 5. JFK, The X-Files, and Beyond: Conspiracy Theory as Narrative; Part III. Conspiracy in Everyday Life; 6. Millennialism and Christian Conspiracy Theory; 7. The Conspiracy ""Community""; 8. Conspiracy Theory as Play

Afterword: Conspiracy Theory and Cultural StudiesNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8973-3

OCLC:

290518784