Modern conspiracy : the importance of being paranoid / Emma A. Jane and Chris Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jane, Emma A., author.

Fleming, Chris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conspiracy theories.

Political culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Summary:

While conspiracy theory is often characterized in terms of the collapse of objectivity and Enlightenment reason, Modern Conspiracy traces the important role of conspiracy in the formation of the modern world: the scientific revolution, social contract theory, political sovereignty, religious paranoia and mass communication media. Rather than seeing the imminent death of Enlightenment reason and a regression to a new Dark Age in conspiratorial thinking, Modern Conspiracy suggests that many characteristic features of conspiracies tap very deeply into the history of the Enlightenment: its vocif

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Running Dogs and the 'Rightness' of Conspiracy; 1 Powerful Secrets; 2 Impossible Things; 3 A Short History of an Epistemic Ambience; 4 Pleasures, Sorrows, and Doubling; 5 Cultural Ramifications and Reflections; 6 Conspiracy and Theory; Conclusion: Where to Now?; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 28, 2014).

ISBN:

1-62356-589-8