Modern conspiracy : the importance of being paranoid /

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Author / Creator:Jane, Emma A., author.
Imprint:New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (172 pages .)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12869337
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Other authors / contributors:Fleming, Chris, author.
ISBN:9781623565893
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Jane, Emma A. Modern conspiracy : the importance of being paranoid. New York ; Lodon : Bloomsbury, ©2014 172 pages 9781623560911
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