UID:
almafu_9960177558602883
Format:
1 online resource (185 p.)
ISBN:
1-62356-589-8
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-14606-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-62356-091-8
Language:
English
