A Lot of People Are Saying : The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy / Nancy L. Rosenblum, Russell Muirhead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenblum, Nancy L., Author.

Muirhead, Russell, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

Conspiracy theories--United States.

Conspiracy theories.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How the new conspiracists are undermining democracy-and what can be done about itConspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new-conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government with the election of Donald Trump. In A Lot of People Are Saying, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum show how the new conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory, how it undermines democracy, and what needs to be done to resist it.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Preface

Introduction

1. Conspiracy without the Theory

2. It's True Enough

3. Presidential Conspiracism

4. Political Parties

5. Knowledge

6. Who Owns Reality?

7. Speaking Truth

Conclusion: The Crisis of Democracy

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780691204758

0691204756

OCLC:

1084251619